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course, fishes himself, thus having three rods 

 going at once. As we said before, the loch can 

 be drifted without any attention from the men, 

 after they have pulled up to the wind, and this 

 enables them to get casting all the time that 

 their employer is doing likewise. Not content 

 with this, a couple of minnows are generally 

 trolled astern when changing ground. We don't 

 say that a man has not a right to do as he 

 likes if he pays for his boat ; but we do ask, 

 Is this sport ? And why should boatmen be 

 spoiled in this way to such an extent that we 

 have known them sulk a whole day because a 

 spare rod was not allowed to be put up for 

 their special benefit ? But, of course, the men 

 are just as they have been made, and true 

 anglers, who fish for a day's sport, and not for 

 the mere sake of slaughter, have the remedy in 

 their own hands. Don't let anything deter you 

 from fishing Loch Leven. It may be expen- 

 sive ; but if you get a good, or even a fair day, 

 you will not regret the expense. Get a friend 

 to join you, and the expense is not so heavy 

 after all ; and if your friend and yourself fish 

 perseveringly all day, you will usually be re- 

 warded with a very fine show of fish. There is 



