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CHAPTER VIII. 



1890. 



From the 18 th March to the 2nd April I was the 



guest of Charles Baily, at Aberlour, on the Spey, 



from whence we fished the Wester Elchies water, which 



he had rented for the spring. A fine stretch this, 



though like all the rest of the Spey, but poorly stocked. 



Here again the little minnow showed the way, for, 



during the twelve days I used it, twelve salmon and 



forty-six kelts yielded to its fascinations. In the same 



time Baily, with old Cruickshank — " the king of the 



Spey" — both using fly, only got four salmon and 



fourteen kelts between them. Not going north for 



the 12th of August, I opened the season as usual on 



the 1st of September at Balls Park, where in ten 



days four of us got 440 partridges, with some hares 



and rabbits. 



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