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CHAPTER XVII. 



JUNE. 



Trout Fishing — Sea Trout in the Fiudhorn — Breeding-place 

 of Black-headed Gulls — Salmon Fishing — Grey Crows — 

 Hair Worms — Fishing — Cromarty — Goats — The Peregrine 

 Falcon. 



In June the trout begin to feed more freely, and 

 from most Highland streams the sportsman may 

 reckon on a good basketfull if the day is tolerable. 

 There is a kind of trout in the Findhorn which 

 frequent only the lower pools near the sea ; higher 

 up I never saw them ; the fishermen call them 

 " brown lugs." In appearance they are between a 

 sea and a river trout : they seldom exceed a pound 

 and a half in weight. 



One day about the 1st of June, when fishing in 

 a clear pool near the mouth of the river, a large 

 trout came out from under the bank, and darted 

 over my fly without taking it. I changed the fly, 

 and he did the same thing. I tried him with a 

 dozen different sorts, and he invariably played the 

 same trick, coming out from under the bank, dashing 

 at the fly, then turning short round or rolling over 

 it. At last a miniature black midge in my book 



