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as its run is deep, and not often overburdened 

 with trees. 



' But a foot o' Don's worth twa o' Dee, 

 Unless it be for fish and tree.' 



Jictnnag. 



Here I have often fished, and know the streams 

 pretty well, and used to begin after a good strath- 

 spey on the fiddle, from the late schoolmaster. 

 When we appeared, the school at once had the 

 play for hours, and we found ere we were long 

 there, that we were not in a ( Will ye hae 

 house,' but in an inner chamber ; all was pro- 

 vided and ready for us, consisting of cheese, 

 cakes, and a cauker (whisky) ; and on the fiddle, 

 to hear his Gregg's pipes, or the Reel of Tulloch, 

 was a great treat, and I have left his house with 

 a blythsomer and a lightsomer heart than when 

 I entered it. On leaving Kemnay, and coming 

 down to the river, you may pass over the water 

 until you get to the f Breem Peel,' where once 

 ' Broom bloomed fair to see.' This is a favourite 

 pool for both salmon and trout ; indeedp this 



