LEAVES FROM A GAME BOOK. 149 



1889. 



February 5th found me fishing the Tay from the 

 Grandtully Hotel, where, in six days of hard work, 

 but two fish rewarded. my efforts, 25 and 18 pounds. 

 Then came a very severe gale, with one of the heaviest 

 snowstorms seen in that district for many years ; these 

 inflictions being follow^ed by a great frost, drove me 

 south for a while, to reappear on the Huntly Lodge 

 water of the Dee, which I rented from the 18th March 

 to 30th April. During that time I passed forty days 

 on the river side, and "wrought sair hard" the whole 

 time. Twenty-two days were absolutely blank, while 

 the remaining nineteen gave but twenty-six fish, 

 weighing 302 lbs. — poor sport indeed, especially at the 

 price paid for it, which I will not mention. 



On August the 11th, Raehills received me once more 

 within its hospitable walls, Captain Ernest Nevile being 

 the other guest, until we were joined by Markham 

 Spofforth and his retriever, bearing the odd name of 

 "Euba Dam." However, he was a good dog, and 



