92 ABERDEENSHIRE. 



In Strath Don, near Newe,the seat of Sir Charles 

 Forbes, is a good fishing place, and the inn is 

 pleasant and comfortable. I remember some 

 years ago being there with three others. We had 

 written the day before that we intended to come, 

 and I very well remember the morning we 

 arrived. The first thing we saw was Watson, 

 the innkeeper, carrying into the kitchen a very 

 fine whole carcase of a Highland wether. The 

 ride from Alford had given us all good appetites 

 to enjoy its loin, in the shape of capital chops, to- 

 gether with glorious reekin' porridge and cream. 

 On getting to our sport, we all of us fished 

 with fly. We found the trouts not quite so large 

 as farther down the river ; but we all got a good 

 take of well-conditioned fish, although at the end 

 of March. The water, of course, is here not so 

 broad nor so heavy as lower down. We were 

 told that there was no difficulty in getting leave 

 to fish from its liberal proprietor. Near it is a 

 spacious hall or assembly room for the meeting 

 together of the neighbouring gentry and the 

 Clan Forbes, at balls or other festive occasions. 



