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and if you can catch fish with none of them, 

 I can, for this time of the year, recommend 

 nothing better. The red hackle is a great 

 favourite, and not without reason, with our 

 Coquetdale anglers. One of the best of 

 them thus sings of it : 



" The black-flee is guid when it's airly; 



The may-flee is deadly in spring ; 

 The midge-flee may do in fair weather ; 



For foul sawmon roe is the king ; 

 But let it be late or be airly, 



The water be drumly or sma', 

 Still up wi' the bonny red-heckle, 



The heckle that tackled them a'." 



You must get well up the stream, as far as 

 Piper-haugh, and fish down to Weldon. 



Oliver. We shall set out after dinner, and 

 reach Piper-haugh about four o'clock. We 

 shall be back in the evening, and sup at ten. 

 I shall just write a note to the Vicar and 

 Mr. Bell, inviting them to join us at supper 

 time. Do you think we shall be favoured 

 with their company ? 



