226 ANGLING 



There are various leading routes for reaching some of 

 the main rivers of Scotland. "Whether a tourist goes 

 by railway or by sea makes a considerable difference. 

 The latter mode of travelling is more confined and local. 

 We cannot, however, shape our remarks and instructions 

 so as to meet all circumstances and contingencies ; there- 

 fore we are under the necessity of treating the subject 

 very generally, and with the chief view of drawing the 

 reader's attention to the best angling localities of the 

 country. 



For the sake of arrangement, we shall divide the 

 whole of Scotland into two leading portions : that which 

 lies south of the Forth and the Clyde, or • which hes 

 between an imaginary straight line drawn from Edinburgh 

 to Glasgow, and that portion which is situated north of 

 these respective localities. This division will present to 

 us two different classes of fishing waters, and in many 

 respects two different orders of rural scenery. "We 

 shall call the one the south division, and the other the 

 north division. 



THE SOUTH DIVISION 



Supposing the angler makes his way by the London 

 and North-"Western Railway, or by any other route, to 

 the city of Carlisle, he will here find two main trunk 

 lines from this place to Glasgow, each running near to, 

 or right through, a wide expanse of fishing waters. 

 The one liae takes him by the Clyde and its chief 

 feeders, and the other by some of the main waters 

 of Dumfriesshire. These two routes require separate 

 notices. 



If the tourist fixes on the Clyde and its chief 

 dependencies, he will have to go by the Caledonian 

 Eailway as far as the Elvanfoot station, where he will 

 meet with the river close at hand. There is an inn 

 here for refreshments, and it is a convenient spot to 

 ascend the river to its highest springs. It takes a 

 sudden bend here, and winds its course among a mass 

 of romantic and wild hills and morasses. The waters 



