SLOW AND RAPID RUNNING STREAMS. 1*7 



Highland streams, a few in the hilly parts of the 

 Lowlands, and numerous hill-burns. The rapidity 

 with which their waters run prevents any accumula- 

 tions taking place which could yield sustenance to 

 the trout, which, in the very height of the season, 

 are poor and soft, and weigh miserably in propor- 

 tion to their length. 



Between the slow-running streams on the one 

 hand, and the very rapid on the other, there is a 

 wide range, comprising all degrees of swiftness ; 

 and every angler may get a river in which the 

 variation of stream and pool will be exactly suited 

 to his taste. Like the streams, the trout are of a 

 medium quality, sometimes red in the flesh and 

 sometimes white depending on the quality and 

 quantity of food they obtain. Of this description 

 are Tweed and its tributaries with few exceptions, 

 most of the streams in the south of Scotland, and a 

 few in the Highlands. In Tweed, trout are occa- 

 sionally caught six and seven pounds in weight; 

 and we have heard of one being taken from this 

 river of the great weight of twelve pounds, which is 

 the largest river trout we have heard of being caught 

 in Scotland ; but they are not of such fine quality 

 as those taken from our smaller streams. 



We have mentioned the size of trout as almost 

 entirely depending upon the quantity of their food, 

 without reference to age ; indeed this has but little 

 to do with the question, and there being no mark 

 by which their age may be known, any opinion upon 



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