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striking; and a church steeple, in a little secluded 

 village, wrapped in sylvan retirement, lulls the 

 fancy into a delicious reverie. The light and waving 

 trees and shrubs, some with large, round, distinctly 

 pencilled up -shoo tings, and others with pendant 

 and taper leaves, seem to hold communion with the 

 waters to be invested with vitality and life, and to 

 be the smiling, living witnesses of their play and 

 beauty, and listeners of their soothing music. 



The Findhorn rises in Inverness- shire, and runs 

 through Morayshire near its western boundary* 

 Great quantities of timber are floated down streams 

 from the extensive forests in the interior of the 

 county. A considerable number of salmon are caught 

 in this river, but the fishery is not near so valuable 

 as that of the Spey. When the Findhorn is in 

 good trim, it is no uncommon achievement to kill 

 ten or twelve dozen of good trout in a few hours. 

 The best flies for this river are light wings, and red 

 and black bodies ; but when the fish are taking, 

 great nicety in this particular is not requisite. 



The Pindhorn has a range of sixty miles. To 

 angle this river and its tributaries is a most delight- 

 ful summer tour. It rises among the Monad group 

 of mountains in Inverness- shire. It is a wild and 

 dashing stream, with a rocky channel, and hemmed 

 in with bold and rugged banks, which, in some loca- 

 lities, stand out from the river's sides, like high 

 walls and towers. It is likewise subject to great 

 and sudden inundations, which sweep all before 

 them with irresistible devastation. 



