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done, at a Lord Mayor's feast. I love the Gart- 

 lees. There is a large piece of red granite lying 

 at the top of the cast, shaped like an obelisk. 

 One day while here, I suggested this for my 

 monument, and asked my companion to indite 

 me an epitaph. He immediately retorted the 

 following : 



' Donnez moi la paix.' 



Leaving this, we come down to Mr Gordon's of 



Capital water for both trout and salmon. 

 Looking to the north, we see Aquhorthies, 

 formerly a place for nuns, but now most happily 

 done away with. Houlth, Rae Pot, and others 

 quite as good, will always repay those who ply 

 them. We come now to the celebrated Chapel 

 Pool, for new run fish. Few better on Don. 

 Would prefer to fish it from the south side, for 

 you cannot from the north, without wading deep- 

 ly into it. Many glorious runs of fish are often 

 seen here ; and my lot has seldom been to pass 

 it without seeing something exciting and heart- 

 stirring to the angler. The water now abounds 



