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the words of Mr Buckland when he says, "The 

 introduction of grayling into trout rivers should 

 not be undertaken without due consideration/' and 

 be warned by the mischief already done in the 

 Clyde to take heed and let well alone. Without 

 doubt many of our rivers are sadly depopulated, 

 and require to be restocked, but not restocked with 

 grayling ; and we look forward to the time when a 

 large system of artificial hatching, both of salmon 

 and of trout, will go hand in hand with wise legis- 

 lation to replenish and protect our much impover- 

 ished streams. 



It will now be evident that it is not my high 

 opinion of the merits of the grayling, but its 

 presence in our rivers, that has called forth this 

 chapter. The few notes that follow on the method 

 of its capture are inserted to meet the views, not 

 only of those who love grayling, but of those who 

 don't ; so that, hearing there are grayling in abund- 

 ance in the Clyde, both alike may start forthwith for 

 that sorely vexed water, and angle, by every legiti- 

 mate means in their power, by night and by day, 

 for grayling, and for grayling alone: 



" That those may fish who never fished before, 

 And those who always fished may fish the more. " 



And though their deeds be in the water, of a truth 

 I will not " write their virtues " there : they shall 

 ever live in grateful memory. English anglers are 



