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come along, as a few hundreds of yards higher up 

 you arrive at the 



YELLOW-STONE POOL, 



which, if in ply, is a very desirable chance. The 

 fish often come from amongst the big stones quite 

 above the pool, but you must cast a long line and 

 be prepared to draw in quickly as soon as the bait 

 passes the centre of the stream. As you get to 

 the deeper water below you can fish to your fancy, 

 as there is depth close in. Within a few yards 

 of the seething caused by the yellow stone, visible 

 when not in ply, you have most reason to be ex- 

 pectant, as it is there that the fish generally take ; 

 but I have, more than once, got them much lower 

 down. 



Having found the Yellow-Stone favourable, you 

 may be sure that the next is also to your liking. 

 It is at the foot of the big cairn, and is hence 

 called 



CAIRN POOL. 



It may appear a strange fancy but my gillie 

 always held that there exists a great jealousy 

 between the Cairn and the Yellow-Stone. He 

 used to aver that, if one of these two pools gives 

 a salmon, the other, if it fails to be equally 

 generous, looks quite off-colour, and will prob- 

 ably make matters level on the following day. 



