THE CLYDE AND ITS FEEDERS. 



" Come to the Banks of Clyde, 



Where health and joy invite us ; 

 Spring, now, in virgin pride, 

 There waiteth to delight us : 

 Enrobed in green, she smiles serene 



Each eye enraptured views her ; 

 A brighter dye o'erspreads her sky, 



And every creature woos her. 

 Come to the Banks of Clyde, 



Where health and joy invite ua ; 

 Spring, now, in virgin pride, 



There waiteth to delight ua. 

 " Mark! how the verdant lea, 



With daisies she is strewing; 

 Hark ! now, on eveiy tree, 

 The birds their mates are wooing : 

 Love wakes the notes that swell their throats, 



Love makes their plumage brighter ; 

 Old Father Clyde, in all his pride, 

 Ne'er witness'd bosoms lighter. 

 Mark ! how the verdant lea, 



With daisies she is strewing; 

 Hark ! how, on eveiy tree, 

 The birds their mates are wooing." ALEX. RODGER. 



WE come now to sketch out another extensive and 

 interesting angling tour, taking Glasgow as our cen- 

 tral point of view. But we would recommend all 

 anglers, who can spare the time and money, should 

 they be in this city or its neighbourhood, to fish the 

 river downwards from its early risings, this being 

 infinitely more pleasing and convenient. The Cale- 

 donian Railway will take the rod-fisher above sixty 

 miles along its banks, and place him at once in the 

 midst of splendid angling water. To the tourist 

 from the English border, the Elvanfoot station, on 

 the same railway, must be his starting point. 



