240 GENERAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED 



of Roberts was angling in the river Eden, below 

 Ann's hill, he caught a sparrow hawk thus ; he 

 had hooked a brandling, and as soon as he threw 

 it out of the water, a hawk that had been hover- 

 ing about, darted upon the fish, seized it, and 

 flew aloft. The hook, however, became fixed 

 under the wing of the bird, and when the whole 

 of the fisherman's line had been drawn off the 

 wheel (above forty yards), the soaring of the 

 feathered plunderer was checked, after a short 

 excursion round the head of the astonished angler. 



Snipe have been taken, whilst angling for trout, 

 with a meggat foot. 



St. Ronan's, or Border Club, adds angling to 

 its other amusements, and gives, every season, a 

 medal, in the month of April, for the largest 

 salmon caught by angling. 



A gentleman fishing in Lunan this month, May, 

 had occasion to cross the stream, and, carrying 

 the rod over his shoulder, a brisk breeze carried 

 out the spare line, with fly-hooks at it, a swallow 

 mistook the hook for a real fly, and snapping it, 

 was made fast ; it was soon released. 



Montr ose Review. 



Swallows have been caught by the hook with 

 artificial midge flies. 



