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One in greed, and one in scorn, 



And a third one, out of pleasure, 

 Sprang at my fly. See all the treasure 



Taken by me this blessed morn ! 



in. 



Ply on, brother angler ! hark ! 

 The wind is rolling across the park ; 

 It ruffles the river from bank to bank, 

 And shakes the green covert of rushes lank. 

 See how it paces round and round, 



Wild of foot with step unsteady, 



Dancing with the dizzying eddy, 

 To a low, uncertain sound. 



IV. 



Ply on, brother angler ! deep 

 Along the rapids the brave fins sweep, 

 And the salmon holdeth his vent'rous track 

 O'er ledges of rock, through fissure black. 

 Oh, most hath an angler need 



Of sweet patience and of plodding : 

 For the good wand ever nodding, 

 Better than cunning, bringeth speed ! 



SEKPENTS AND GOATS. 



THE reptile portion of the animal creation, in the district of 

 Ross-shire under notice, includes the adder, or common viper 

 (Pelius berus), and the slow-worm (Anguis fragilis). With the 

 former, Tor Achilty and the banks of the Blackwater are numer- 

 ously infested. In the course of my rambles I have frequently 

 fallen in with them ; and on ascending the Tor on a hot day, one 



