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INDEX. 



Nibbs, Samuel, a competitor at St. Ronan's 



games, 135. 

 Nith, river, 244, 291. 



OLD Wand, The Verses, 219. 



Orange-fin smolts, 45, 51. 



Ornithology of Ross-shire, 353. 



Otter of our Borders, the, 262-277 ; verses 

 on, 351. 



Otter, the, or Lath, an engine of destruc- 

 tion, 200. 



Our Choice Poem, 241. 



Ousie, Loch, its charm-stone and pike, 159. 



Out of the Gallery of Memory Sonnet, 328. 



Ova of salmon, disasters to the, 366. 



Oyl, Loch, 103. 



PARR-STOCK of Tweed, a method of increas- 

 ing the, 368 ; its present treatment, 371 ; 

 damage done to it by large trout, 374. 



Pattaig, river, in connexion with Loch Lag- 

 gan, 131. 



Perch-fishing, the pleasures of, 314 ; cook- 

 ing, 315 ; one-eyed perch, 218. 



Perthshire, fishing in, 68. 



Pheasant, a stray, 240. 



Pike in the Tay, 70 ; habits of, 96, 98, 144, 

 181, 301 ; mode of flaying, 303. 



Pirate of the Lakes, The Song, 98-100. 



Pisciculture, 293. 



Pitlochrie, marl-pit at, and its trout, 92. 



Pollack, the, 322. 



Portus salutus, 152. 



QUEICH, river, 180. 

 Quotation from Dr. Knox, 111. 



RABBITS encouraged by draining, 251. 

 Ralston Rob, a Tyne fisher of the old school, 



172. 



Rannoch, Loch, fishing on, 100. 

 Rasay, or Blackwater, its trout, 144 ; salmon 



leap on the, 145. 

 Rawson, Bill, a tackle-maker and angler of 



the old school, 136. 

 Red-deer of Tor Achilty, 148. 

 Remedy against chill after wading, 223. 

 Requirements of Tweed, 392-400. 

 Rhicouich, in Sutherland, 36. 

 Richardson, Mrs., or Tibby Shiels, 25, 198. 

 River-trout, the, an enemy to the salmon, 378. 

 Roach of Lochmaben, 302. 

 Rob of the Trows, anecdotes of, 56, 269. 

 Ronald and Caroll on trouting flies, 122. 

 Regie Falls, 145. 



Rover, a friend's favourite companion, 228. 



Ross-shire, 142. 



Rothay and Brathay rivers, 232. 



Roxburghe, feat in salmon-fishing by his 

 Grace the Duke of, 376. 



Roy Bridge, 128. 



Ruchil, river, and its sea-trout, 78. 



Rudd, or red-eye, an inhabitant of Loch- 

 maben, 306. 



Russel on the Salmon, reference to, 391. 



SAGACITY of the colley, a sheep-dog, 224. 



Saithe, or coal-fish, 322; taken by the herring 

 jigger, 331. 



Salmon fishing, my first essay at, 168. 



Salmon preparatory to pairing, 145 ; their 

 halting-places, 146 : ascent of water-falls, 

 31, 91. 



Salmo ferox of Loch Shin, 30 ; of Loch As- 

 synt, 33 ; gathering of the feroces of Loch 

 Loyal, 40. Query, Is the ferox, so called, 

 a distinct species of the Salinonidce, or 

 simply an overgrown individual of the 

 species Fario? 64 ; ferox of Loch Rannoch, 

 Major Cheape's tackle, 100 ; ferox of Loch 

 Awe, 110-113 ; its pairing resorts, 119 ; 

 capture of the ferox with salmon-fly, 119. 



Salmo albus, its speed and instincts, 78, 79. 



Salmon-roe, its interdiction as an angling 

 bait, and consequences, 380 ; errors re- 

 specting, 381. 



Scale of licenses proposed, 399. 



Scheme for supplying Edinburgh with a 

 river, etc., 140. . 



Scowrie, Sutherland, 35. 



Scott, Dr., Lochmaben, 299. 



Sea-fishing, 321, 336. 



Senebier, Monsieur, his fishing lines, skill 

 in cookery, 138. 



Section xn. of the General Fishery Act, 

 objections to, 384. 



Shaw, Mr., Drumlanrig, visit to, 288. 



Shiels, Tibby, 25, 198. 



Shin, Loch, and river, 30, 114. 



Shiness, 7. 



Six-Foot Club, recollections of the, 184. 



Slam, Loch, Sutherlandshire, 40. 



Snakes, 359. t 



Sol way Firth, its rivers on the Scottish side, 

 242-245. 



Song, 190. 



Sonnets, 71, 154. 



Soyer's recipe for boiling salmon, 139. 



Spean, river, 128. 



St. Abb's Head, the attractions of, 341. 



