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throughout the land. The hum of insect life 

 is all around. The green sward nature's carpet- 

 ing along the burn-side hides the tread of the 

 angler, as he crouches and creeps to where there 

 is a rising trout. Trout are quick of sight. 

 The experienced angler knows it. To be suc- 

 cessful an angler requires very close observation 

 of the habits of the trout. His eye must be 

 quick, his touch light and from the wrist, like 

 that of the experienced surgeon, and his per- 

 severance everlasting. 



Anyone with a love of nature will find angling 

 something more than labour or exercise. He, 

 if a botanist, will find many things to interest 

 him along the river's bank. If a geologist, he 

 will find rocks and stones of all kinds from 

 which to learn ; and if a zoologist, many animals 

 and birds to interest him. 



On the banks of the Earn may be seen that 



living jewel, the Kingfisher, the most gorgeous 



of all our British birds ; Water Hens, the Water 



Dipper, Water Wagtail, more than one kind of 



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