Angling sketches . -ne— Ah, Buddha, if thy tale be true, Of still returning life,A monk may I be born anew, In valleys free from strife,—A monk where Jleggat winds and lavesThe lone St. Marys of the Waves. Yarrow, \\hich flo\vs out of St. Alarys Loch,was never a great favourite of mine, as far as fish-. A BORDER BOYHOOD 33 ing goes. It had, and probably deserved, a greatreputation, and some good trout are still taken inthe upper waters, and there must be monsters inthe deep black pools, the dowie dens aboveBowhill. But I never had any luck there. Thechoicest stream of all was then, probably, t
Angling sketches . -ne— Ah, Buddha, if thy tale be true, Of still returning life,A monk may I be born anew, In valleys free from strife,—A monk where Jleggat winds and lavesThe lone St. Marys of the Waves. Yarrow, \\hich flo\vs out of St. Alarys Loch,was never a great favourite of mine, as far as fish-. A BORDER BOYHOOD 33 ing goes. It had, and probably deserved, a greatreputation, and some good trout are still taken inthe upper waters, and there must be monsters inthe deep black pools, the dowie dens aboveBowhill. But I never had any luck there. Thechoicest stream of all was then, probably, the Aill,described by Sir Walter in William of DelorainesMidnight Ride — Where Ail!, from mountains freed,Down from the lalves did raving come ;Each wave was crested with tawny foam, Like the mane of a chestnut steed. As not uncommonly happens, Scott uses ratherlarge language here. The steepy, grassy hillsides,the great green tablelands in a recess of which theAill is born, can hardly be called lakes, too, through which it passes, are muchmore like tarns, or rather, considering the flatnessof their banks, like well-meaning ponds. But theAill, near Sinton and Ashkirk, was a delightfultrout-stream, bet^\een its willow-fringed banks, abrook about the size of the Lambourne. Nowhereon
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