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of Galloway, as a convent for Benedictine nuns. A more 

 charming or picturesque situation cannot be imagined. The 

 river Cluden, which joins the Nith close by, is a lovely little 

 wooded stream, aad must at one time have laved the banks of 

 the Abbey garden. Just below the junction of the two streams 

 the Nidd widens into a pool or linn, and hence the Abbey is 

 supposed to have received its name of Lincluden. ]S[ umerous 

 very interesting remains of this Norman structure, including 

 many ancient monuments, were carefully noted ; but time 

 would fail, and you would be tired out, were I to attempt to 

 enumerate them. 



On Monday morning our party was increased by only one 

 arrival, the Eev. Arthur "Watts, who, to his credit be it spoken, 

 had come all the way beyond Durham, setting an example by 

 his early rising to other members who reside within a much 

 easier distance; in fact, we could but conclude that he must 

 have had no rest at all. Yery shortly after the party set out to 

 visit the Solway Fisheries. On arrival we received a most 

 hearty welcome from Mr. and Mrs. Armistead and their charm- 

 ing family, and were soon deep in the mysteries of artificial 

 spawning, hatching, and growing to maturity the several kinds 

 of trout, which is so admirably and successfully carried out by 

 this enterprising gentleman, his son, and assistants. Of course, 

 at this time of the year there was no actual spawning and 

 hatching going on, but the very capital apparatus and the very 

 lucid explanations of the whole process which were given 

 enabled the most obtuse amongst us not only to grasp the 

 situation, but to see also what extreme care and caution must 

 be exercised in dealing with the spawn and young fish : the 

 very slightest error might produce fatal results, and thus the 

 work of weeks be destroyed. Prom this part of the process we 

 were taken step by step through the life of the young trout — ■ 

 from the day when it is hatched until it becomes the splendid 

 creature of which we saw thousands in the ponds. It is quite 

 clear, before you have been many minutes in the company of 

 these gentlemen, that everything connected with the work has 

 been most carefully thought out. The extraordinary cleanliuesa 



