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Superstition of Montrose Fishermen. As a 

 number of Ferryden and water-side boats were 

 engaged in their useful employment of fishing off 

 Montrose, a large salmon leaped into one of the 

 boats, just as the crew were prepared to throw 

 their lines. The superstition of our fishermen is 

 proverbial, but in this instance it was rather singular, 

 for on the appearance of the fish, they devoutly 

 closed their labours, and sailed home, certain 

 that if they dared to take a fish that day, they 

 would never catch another. 



Montrose Review, Feb. 1820. 



Salmon Roe, how dressed for Bait. Procure 

 some pounds of the freshest fish ; notice that it 

 be red and firm, take off the membrane and 

 broken parts, wash the spawn in lukewarm milk 

 and water, carefully separating the individual 

 particles ; beat together three parts of fine salt 

 and of saltpetre, and rub the whole carefully with 

 the mixture, in the proportion of an ounce and a 

 quarter to a pound of roe. Spread it, thus pre- 

 pared, over a flannel cloth, until quite dry and 

 tough ; then stow it in pots, and run the top over 

 with lard, to exclude the air. In making paste, 

 parboil the roe, salting it with the same mixture 

 as described. Stoddarfs Scottish Angler. 



Sparrow Hawk caught by Hook and Line. 

 On Thursday, April, 1821, as a man of the name 



