THE NESS. 119 



Cju JIUfrer IjUss, 



LET'S have three days of rain on the hills of Glengary, 

 Then a gentle west wind, and by jove I'll be merry. 

 The war-cry shall be ' rod, line, boots, and reel.' 

 Two hours on the water will make a full creel. 



No Cockney, or Frenchman, or ' anglers from Wales,' 

 Will do on the Ness, tho' their 'parrs' are all whales; 

 But waist-deep in rapid, or pool, you must stand, 

 It will ne'er do to fish the old Ness from the land. 



Then steadily walk into Macintyre's Pool, 

 With a switch, and a whack, send out thirty yards full ; 

 A good " Saturday fy" will soon get you a rise ; 

 Cast again, and an Alderman grilse is your prize. 



What angler has not heard of the fame of this 

 river in times past ; but, from causes unknown, 

 of late years there has been comparatively little 

 done in it. For some time it was rented by a 

 number of gentlemen, who formed themselves 

 into a club. In 1858 I became one of them, 

 and went to Inverness, expecting to see wonders 

 done. The seasons had been moderate before, 

 and great was the sport looked for ; but, although 

 after a nice flood in the river, and the weather 

 almost everything that could be desired ; and, 



