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broad and deep pool, like the one you saw 

 me fishing last, in the entire burn. The 

 burn, as you fish upwards, forms a series of 

 tiny pools and cascades. As you get higher 

 and higher, the dropper may be as well 

 removed (for, having landed the big one, 

 the dropper was again added, to fish the 

 rest of the pool). 



In conclusion, I will only say of burn- 

 fishing, it has so little of the real art or 

 science of wet-fly fishing about it, that I 

 shall now close this chapter ; heartily com- 

 mending it to all youthful and active 

 " fishers." To those who love solitude 

 amid the hills as a restorer of the tired 

 body, or the overwrought mind this branch 

 of angling is simply invaluable, and, as a 

 tonic, is far superior to all the drugs in the 

 British Pharmacopoeia. 



There is a charm about it, too, which is 

 peculiarly its own. If you go a-fishing to 

 such a place, and find none of the charm I 

 speak of, blame yourself. None the less is 

 it there. 



It is many years since I first came under 

 its influence ; and, to this day, the remem- 

 brance of these golden hours is still fresh, 

 and lovingly cherished. 



There is just a touch of sadness, as 



