CHAPTER VIII. 



ANGLING TOUR TO THE NORTH-WEST 

 HIGHLANDS. 



EARLY in the month of August 183 , Messrs Leis- 

 ter, Otter, Swiveltop, and May-fly, as was their 

 wont during summer, set forth on an angling expe- 

 dition to the North-west Highlands. The route 

 selected by these gentlemen differed in some respects 

 from that taken by Wandle-weir and his friends, 

 who were probably by this time on their return south- 

 wards. A communication from Mr Herl-broke, 

 dated 25th July, had been received by the club at 



C- h, previous to starting, wherein he stated their 



success, considering the dryness of the season, to 

 have been of a satisfactory nature; only three sal- 

 mon, however, had as yet been captured, the redu- 

 ced state of the streams confining their amusement, 

 in a great measure, to angling in lochs and hill-tarns. 



