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appearance of newly mown meadows ; while again, 

 some of the hills jut out so abruptly from their base 

 that a person can scarcely walk steadily along the 

 velvet slopes. The trout in the stream are but 

 small, but firm and well tasted. A few dozens are 

 soon taken when the waters are in good trim. 



The angler who travels through those mountain 

 passes must beware of the mists which suddenly 

 arise on these heights, and which render travelling 

 both disagreeable, and sometimes dangerous. These 

 mists give little warning of their approach. Some- 

 times, instead of descending in a body, like a large 

 snowy cloud, spreading itself along the ridges and 

 down the slopes of the mountains, they come edge- 

 ways, trailing along, and like a thin white veil, 

 extending from the clouds to the earth. Then it is 

 that the pedestrian must move with care and cir- 

 cumspection. 



The Kello Water enters the Mth a little above 

 Sanquhar, and the Minnick below it. They are 

 both good for small trout, but in the summer 

 months are often extremely low, and this renders 

 sport somewhat precarious. Sanquhar itself is a 

 burgh which lays claim to considerable antiquity. 

 The scenery in its neighbourhood is interesting, and 

 ill snrnn snots magnificent. There is a -naaiwral 



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sweetness about some of its localities, which deeply 

 rivets the attention of a stranger. The clear and 

 silvery streams, the Minnick and Cramock, present 

 a picture not always to be met with. The town is 

 noted for many daring and bloody scenes perpetrated 



