ICHTHYOGRAPHY 



height of fifty or sixty feet, and that so im- 

 mediately from the water's edge as to leave 

 no passage between them and the river. In 

 the course of this mile there are three sal- 

 mon throws to be found ; these are confined 

 in point of size, and of little promise ; while 

 the access is so difficult, and, in consequence 

 of the overhanging rocks, the fishing so bad, 

 that few seek them. 



No. 3. The Monk's Ford. 



Beyond this ravine the river assumes a 

 quiet character. The rocks disappear, and 

 the banks, receding on either side, present an 

 open country, with a border of soft turf on 

 either side shelving down to the water. The 

 bottom is gravelly, interrupted only by sal- 

 mon graves, as the places where that fish 

 lays up his spawn are technically called. 

 This is an excellent place for trout, especially 

 in the evening ; at the head of it is an ex- 

 tensive eel- weir ; and, immediately above the 

 Monk's Pool, it is crossed by a ford, which, 

 when the depth of water on it is not much 

 above or below %\ feet, is an excellent sal- 

 mon throw : it is without any dangers what- 



