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twelve dozen of them in a day. Yet, 

 even with such greedy hordes in the 

 water, bright sunshine effectually puts an 

 end to sport, and not a trout can be 

 caught in it. Mr. Black writes that it is 

 likewise hopeless to fish during sunny 

 weather in a small artificial loch, well 

 stocked with Loch Levens, a few miles 

 from Edinburgh. 



If these coincidences of sunshine and Curious 

 bad sport are to be attributed wholly to jj r ' 

 the fierce light thrown on the fisherman's 

 gut, it is very singular, when one comes 

 to think of it, that the fish, which take no 

 notice of leaves, straws, even branches 

 and coarser flotsam, should be so sus- 

 picious of even thick gut. It might be 

 thought that even the reel - line would 

 pass muster side by side with such natural 

 objects, but for fine gut to inspire fear is 

 simply marvellous, and suggests a degree 

 of discrimination which is hardly in har- 

 mony with the organisation and sensi- 

 bilities of that class. Yet the fact that 

 when a breeze ruffles the surface of the 



