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pie, Shevock, and Gady ; in all of which, there is 

 sometimes good fishing with worm. 



Salmon fishing with the rod, in the Don and its 

 several dependent waters, was, a few years ago, 

 mnch better than it is now ; but when the streams 

 are in good trim, there is still a tolerable field for 

 sport with the monarch of the rivers. Monymusk, 

 Alford, Inverury, and Kintore, are stations where 

 the tourist can obtain his wonted comforts, and be 

 in the vicinity of good fishing waters. 



Speaking of the ordinary accommodation for 

 angling tourists in the higher parts of the Don, we 

 well remember, some years ago, falling in with a 

 distinguished professor at Balliter, as well known 

 for his wit as for his skill in the " gentle craft ;" 

 when the conversation turned upon the general want 

 of cleanliness, both in the personal habits of the 

 people, and in the places of " entertainment for man 

 and beast," in this district of Scotland. Our friend 

 the professor, to our great amusement, handled the 

 argument much in this fashion : " The world has 

 long been prejudiced and addle-headed on this ques- 

 tion. We owe everything in the world to dirt 

 real wealth and true liberty, from the sweating 

 miner to the oily blacksmith from the sailor at 

 work to the garret-inhabiting author. Nothing 

 valuable comes from white kids and eau-de- cologne. 

 I can prove my point from a thousand instances. 

 "What an immense phalanx nay, a very galaxy of 

 dirty eminence can we not muster ! The personal 

 negligence and snuffy nose of Frederic the Great 



