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and on tlie 7th March I had to go south with a score 

 of twenty-two fish to the minnow, and other ten got 

 by Bremner with the fly. I then let the water for a 

 month to Captain Upton Gaskell, and he got twenty- 

 eight fish. After that Mr. C. Wollaston had it for the 

 next month, with a result of twenty-five fish ; and in 

 May he was succeeded by Mr. A. M. Aitken, who scored 

 twenty fish ; while in June and July Mr. Wollaston fished 

 it again and got forty-two salmon and grilse, with 

 thirteen large sea trout, the total being 138 salmon and 

 grilse for the season, which I believe still remains the 

 best take ever made on this water in the spring and 

 summer fishing. 



The 12th of August found me once more with Barker 

 at Elibank, and the whole of that day it deluged so 

 heavily that we did not go out. As the moor was small, 

 while the weather kept broken, we picked our days, so 

 only went shooting on those that were dry, and thus in 

 just a dozen days we bagged 361 grouse, with some 

 black-game, snipe, and hares, making up the total to 

 415 head. 



