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and snipe or two, how they do rise up before 

 me in delightful contrast ! 



In the case in question, though I was assured 

 when I arrived at Inverness that, had I come a 

 fortnight before, when the great throng of fish 

 was running up, I might have killed, instead of 

 one or two salmon a day, at least a dozen; it was 

 not on this account the want of more sport y 

 that would have induced me to surrender my rod 

 for a day or two, but the limited space of water, 

 and sameness of scenery, that met my eyes day 

 after day. 



A ten miles' ramble up and down the banks of 

 a river in a mountainous country, such as I am 

 accustomed to; Why, if mere butchery were the 

 prime motive, the favourite old rod would long 

 since have been hung up, a relic of the past; and 

 every fly flung aside, as food for the moth ! 



When fish ascend the Ness in any number, 

 it is surprising how noisy the gulls become. At 

 any rate I heard from the natives that such v/as 

 the case, when these clamorous creatures came 



