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This place is now easily reached by rail from 

 Aberdeen, and the angler will find it a very 

 pretty place. The inn is finely situated, over- 

 looking the bridge ; and, indeed, you might cast 

 your fly from the garden, which is between it 

 and the river. There is water that may be fished 

 near the town ; but, to fish much up or down to- 

 ward Whitehaugh, I think you must obtain leave 

 from the factors of the proprietors, who mostly 

 live in Aberdeen, an introduction to whom, is not, 

 I believe, difficult to obtain. The trout here are 

 large and plentiful, and the water is good for 

 partail and minnow, or Brown's phantom min- 

 now, of Aberdeen, can be used with great success 



in some of the rapid places, and you will seldom 

 fail to hook large trout if the water is heavy or 

 discoloured. Since tin's implement came into use, 

 I have seldom failed with it, except when fish- 

 ing the Tweed, the waters of which run much 

 smoother and over a less rugged bottom, in most 



