. Days and nights of salmon fishing the Tweed; with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon. With illus. Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 196 THE CLODDING LEISTER. the river; then the fish is pulled to land by means of tlie 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 communicati
. Days and nights of salmon fishing the Tweed; with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon. With illus. Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 196 THE CLODDING LEISTER. the river; then the fish is pulled to land by means of tlie 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 subject, he was most mhumanly elastic. TOM PURDIE'S MUCKLE FISH. " AVliile I was with Mr. Anderson, and shepherd at West Bold, one Sunday," says Tom, " I did na go up. 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 : J. Murray
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