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That oft she paused, and marked at midnight hour 

 The pale lamp glimmering in his ivied tower." 



PROFESSOR RICHARDSON. 



There are several small burns, and two or three 

 lochs, besides Loch Lomond, in which there is fair 

 fishing. There are trout, pike, and perch, in Loch 

 Sloy, in the neigbourhood of Arrochar. 



Stirlingshire is easily reached either by way of 

 Glasgow, or from the Dumbarton side of the county. 

 Its chief river is the Forth. It springs from the 

 vicinity of the northern side of Ben Lomond, and 

 for several miles of its course is called the Duchray. 

 In this section of its waters, running over a barren 

 and uninteresting range of mossy land, it is not of 

 much fishing note. Its trout are often, however, 

 above the average size, and always comparatively 

 rich and highly flavoured. Light and gaudy flies 

 are here very successful. 



The waters of the Forth are greatly increased 

 near Aberfoil from those which flow out of Loch 

 Ard. The river again changes its name to that of 

 Avondow ; and, after running about six miles in the 

 county of Perth, re-enters Stirlingshire, and again 

 assumes its original designation of Forth. It 

 receives the waters of the Teith and Allan before it 

 reaches the town of Stirling. There is capital sal- 

 mon and trout fishing in this locality, and pike and 

 perch are likewise to be obtained. The Corporation 

 of Stirling own the greater part of the salmon 

 fisheries on the water, which amount to a consider- 



