36 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
„.oist and changeable, with heavy -^^"^^^^^^ 
nool heaving and fluctuating higher than the lower sneii. 
K year the interesting httle architec\began her n^^^ 
two months ago choosing the lower of the shelves. 1 
being utaized, ] -"^f ^ *° fall at what is 
"S'th? 'S WaLg Pool ' whe/e the Laird of Meikle- 
dt^wt suteqll; bought the Creive Jstate^ W to 
drive his sheep from Meikledale to be washed m the Cape , 
aHhi" Lre is a rock in the centre o t^e W w^^^^ 
a sheU underneath where there is always a Water wow s 
nest I^ave seen the bird sitting with a top-flood flowing 
\t. 1 TV,«« Armstrong who 'herded 'mCapelfoot 
JnfupU^d 
where very young fish are kept. 
* Naturalist, 1884-85, p. 295. 
