238 TROUT FISHING 



It was a relief thus to be recalled from 

 looking upon the Highlands upside-down. 

 We pulled towards the rise, the expand- 

 ing ring of which lingered on the water ; 

 but, although the flies fell lightly over 

 where the trout was, the trout remained 

 below. So it was with a good many 

 other trials. Like hunting the fugitive 

 ripple when the air is faint, stalking the 

 rising fish is sometimes a fruitful occupa- 

 tion ; but it was of no use that particular 

 afternoon. 



Ere long we reached the head of 

 the loch. " WuU we try Doine noo ? " 

 Ronald asked. Lying to the west. Loch 

 Doine is connected with Loch Voil by a 

 short, deep, slowly-moving river. I was 

 not sure whether it would be well to go 

 into Doine. If the wind, when it rose 

 again, should be from the east, we 

 should be favourably situated as regards 

 Doine, having only to slip through the 

 river, with a drift the whole length of the 

 loch before us. On the other hand, if 

 the breeze should come from the west. 



