. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed : with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. THE LEISTER 239 to this day; and when ye howkit the muckle sawmont that ran ye doon to the Cauld pool, ye ken that her spirit tried to drive him through the farther arch of Melrose Bridge, but ye were owre canny for ; The earliest method of taking fish, previous to the invention of either hooks or nets, was that used by the Egyptians, by means of a spear resembling a. trident. A sculpt
. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed : with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. THE LEISTER 239 to this day; and when ye howkit the muckle sawmont that ran ye doon to the Cauld pool, ye ken that her spirit tried to drive him through the farther arch of Melrose Bridge, but ye were owre canny for ; The earliest method of taking fish, previous to the invention of either hooks or nets, was that used by the Egyptians, by means of a spear resembling a. trident. A sculptured stone, excavated at Chester in 1738, and engraved in Lyson's history of the county as a Roman remain, represents a fisherman with his spear and basket. I will now describe the salmon spear at present in use. It was formerly called waster ; but that term is nearly out of use, except by the old fishermen, and it is now better known by the name of 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 : E. Arnold
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