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ANGLIXG SKETCHES 



LOCH AWE 



The Boatman's Yarns 



OOD trout-fishing in Scot- 

 land, south of 

 "'^ the Pentland 

 Firth, is ahnost 

 impossible to 

 procure. There 

 are better fish, and more of 

 them, in the \\'andle, within 

 twent}' minutes of A'ictoria 

 Station, than in an}- equal stretch of an\- Scotch 

 ri\"er with which I am acquainted. But the 

 pleasure of angling, luckil)-, does not consist 

 mcrch" of the catching of fish. The \^'andlc 

 is rather too suburban for some tastes, which 

 prefer smaller trout, better air, and \\-ildcr 



