. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed. Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 216 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. the river; then the fish is pulled to land by means of the aforesaid rope or lyams, so that there is little chance of his escaping in his struggles for freedom. The accompanying engraving represents the iron of the clodding waster; that in general use will be given Now for Tom Purdie. I should miss the nice points of his character were I to deprive him of his own peculiar way of communicating his feats, though it is but too true, that when he got upo
. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed. Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 216 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. the river; then the fish is pulled to land by means of the aforesaid rope or lyams, so that there is little chance of his escaping in his struggles for freedom. The accompanying engraving represents the iron of the clodding waster; that in general use will be given Now for Tom Purdie. I should miss the nice points of his character were I to deprive him of his own peculiar way of communicating his feats, though it is but too true, that when he got upon a favourite sub- ject, he was most inhumanly elastic. TOM PURDIE'S MUCKLE FISH. " While I was with Mr. Anderson, and shepherd at West Bold, one Sunday," says Tom, "I didna go up to Traquair to the kirk, but took a walk by the river side: there were a vast o' fish in the water, and I saw ane or twae great roeners turning, a sure sign there. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scrope, William, 1772-1852. London : Hamilton, Adams; Glasgow : Thomas D. Morison
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