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FISH AND PISHING IN SCOTLAND. 



injured for life. Better leave no cares behind you, but march at 

 once from Tranent, or Haddington, or Danskine, and rest there 

 for the evening. You pass the ancient town of Griff ord, and the 

 sources of the Tyne : Saltoun, also, with its shady woods and 

 rich fields. You are here on historical ground : but go on and 



ffj.2. 



FIGS. 1, 2 Salmon ova, or eggs, removed from the gravel of the artificial spawning beds 

 on the Tay. They were sent to the author in the phial, Fig. 2, by his friend, K. Buist, Esq., 

 Perth. 



rest at Darskine; and when you leave this at early dawn, 

 be sure to take with you refreshments for the day, for you cannot 

 say when or where you may sup. 



Journeying onwards from the top of the Red Brae hill, a dark 

 and desolate mountain tract lies before you : no signs of the 

 presence of man to be seen for miles and miles. The lonely 

 innocent sheep bleat and leave you the path to yourself. At last 



Fig A. 



FIGS. 3, 4 Specimens of salmon fry, from the same artificial ponda on the Tay. They 

 are about four weeks old, and were removed alive from the boxes on the 6th May, 1854. 



you come to a spot where the road divides. The one to the left,, 

 sharp, difficult to find in thick weather, dangerous to take in 

 snow, is the one that leads to the valley of the Whitadder, to 

 Spartleton, and to Millknow, to Cransthaws, and Elmford ; it is 

 the one which the angler ought to take. From the point where 

 he leaves the main road, until he reaches Millknow and the base 



