. Scotland. essing it withher nose, and when the docile little creature has curleditself up like a dog, with its nose against its tail, sheleaves it alone for hours. But she keeps within reach,and always takes care to be on the windward side of it,so that if a fox or a polecat should come stealing up,eager to have a nice tender meal, she scents them atonce, and comes bounding up to protect her baby. As the little deer grows bigger it is called a calf,and when it is old enough, and strong enough, it joinsthe herd, and soon learns to take care of itself. CHAPTER XVI SALMON-FISHING s IF you ever
. Scotland. essing it withher nose, and when the docile little creature has curleditself up like a dog, with its nose against its tail, sheleaves it alone for hours. But she keeps within reach,and always takes care to be on the windward side of it,so that if a fox or a polecat should come stealing up,eager to have a nice tender meal, she scents them atonce, and comes bounding up to protect her baby. As the little deer grows bigger it is called a calf,and when it is old enough, and strong enough, it joinsthe herd, and soon learns to take care of itself. CHAPTER XVI SALMON-FISHING s IF you ever happen to travel from England to Scotlandby the East Coast route, you will cross the Tweed atBerwick, and if you look out of the train as it rumblesacross the high railway-bridge which spans the river,you will most likely see, far below you, a little groupof fishermen pulling a net out of the water. Indeed,if you have the good luck to be crossing the bridgejust at the right moment, you may see the end of the. [ Salmon-Fishing net being pulled to the bunk, and in it there may besix or seven great silvery fish, some of them almost ayard long. For these men are salmon fishermen, and the salmonwhich they catch well deserve the name of u king offresh-water fish, which was given to them many yearsago by an old Englishman named Izaak Walton, whowas a great fisher, and who wrote a book all aboutfishing ; for they are good to look at, and good to eat,and good to sell. Indeed, the sale of the silvery salmon, which are soplentiful in all her large rivers, has been a source ofprosperity to Scotland from the earliest days. So far backas seven hundred years ago people used to fish in theDee and the Tay for these enormous fish, and, whenthey had caught them, they salted them, and took themacross the sea to Flanders, and Holland, and Normandy,and exchanged them for fine Flemish cloth, and winefrom the French vineyards. And besides supplying the Scottish people with theseluxuries from abroad, t
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