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below it, in all probability feels tbis agitation, 

 and, in consequence, makes no stay tbere, but 

 rushes at the fall at once, resting nowhere 

 till he has safely reached the shelter of the 

 Captain's Eock. The same cause may 

 account for the unproductiveness of the 

 Short Throws, which to all appearance are 

 promising enough. 



No. 15. Johnstone's Throw. 



The pool below this is winding, still, deep, 

 to a certain degree reedy, and too soft at the 

 bottom to allow much wading ; it is, however, 

 full of large trout and pike, the former of 

 which are sometimes caught of five, six, and 

 even seven pounds weight ; the latter, which, 

 as well as the trout, will sometimes take the 

 salmon-fly, of fabulous size. In this pool 

 there is a means of crossing the river by the 

 embankment of an eel-weir. There is also 

 a very good throw for salmon on a windy 

 day, called Johnstone's Throw ; it is fished 

 from a broad flagstone on the right bank, 

 and requires a long line : a boat, however, 

 is necessary in order to command the whole 



