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the whole room was convulsed and in a roar, 

 when an elderly dame, at the upper end of the 

 room, rose up, and, making a curtsey, said, hold- 

 ing a kerchief to her cheek, ' Maister Harry, 

 you'll excuse me frae no laughing, for I hae got a 

 sair mouth /' 



Coval Pot, as it is called, is the first salmon 

 pool on the estate of Mr Gordon ; and gentle- 

 men of his acquaintance and neighbourhood, by 

 subscribing to any good object of benevolence, 

 or transmitting a small donation to him for such 

 an object, will generally obtain leave to fish over 

 his water, either for salmon or trout. The 

 stream just above the forked ford, is one for 

 trout, than which nothing could be more desir- 

 able, even in our fondest dreams of angling. 

 On both sides you may, with his order, pursue 

 your sport, saving below the bridge on the north 

 side, opposite his mansion. 



Fishing here is much changed from what it 

 was formerly ; and so unsophisticated were 

 the fish in days of yore, that for trout they fished 



