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at the hotel for the little sketch of that part 

 of the river Awe, where the fight took place. 



The tipper part of the Awe above the bridge, 

 in private hands, is totally different in its 

 character from that below, which is rented by 

 the landlord of the hotel. The former, though 

 very rapid, is little, if at all, encumbered with 

 trees or bushes, so that you could follow a 

 hooked salmon as far down as he felt disposed 

 to take you. It is in this part of the river, I 

 was told, one of our most famous members of 

 Parliament is accustomed occasionally to amuse 

 himself with a salmon-rod. Indeed, on the 

 very day I took my departure, he was expected 

 at the hotel. It would have been a great treat 

 to me to have met him at the same table. I am 

 free to confess that after hearing him roundly 

 abused by others, I have more than once taken 

 leave to say that, in my humble opinion, let his 

 tongue utter, no matter what monstrosities (to 

 coin a word) in our ears, in the heat of the 

 moment, there must be many a redeeming 



