Related article: prefer running up this stream
when the water was high to any
of the numerous other feeders of
the loch, and that although there
were many larger and deeper
waters available to them. Yet it
could not be for spawning pur-
poses, for it was as yet only
August, and these larger fish
always seemed to go down again
to the loch when the water fell.
The "natives'* said it was the
particular feeding of this stream
which brought them there, and I
suppose it must have been some
special attraction of that kind.
But at any rate I remember that
our first day's fishing of it, when
the tops of the Bens were
wreathed in mist and the white
threads were falling down the
mountain sides like the folds of a
bridal veil over a mantle of pale
sea-green, at once beautiful and
grand, we were considerably sur-
prised to find ourselves, after an
exhilarating three hours, with
fourteen very fine yellow trout, in
excellent condition, which weighed
exactly 14 lbs. Naturally we
used somewhat stronger tackle
than in the low clear waters of
which we have spoken, but still it
was all we could do to hold these
strong lively fish in the foaming
current, and a beautiful sight it
was to the eye of the angler to
see the brilliantly spotted yellow
bodies tumbling and struggling in
the pure white water, and making
for themselves a setting of gold in
ivory. And yet we could never
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THE LATE SIR FREDERICK MARSHALL
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feel altogether at ease until they
were fairly on the slopes of the
grassy bank, for there were in-
finite possibilities of disaster
every moment ! What with
rocksy trees, the swirling current,
the granite boulders, and the
often slippery foothold, it was
practically impossible to use a
landing net. So the fish had all
to be played down stream and
held, as best Buy Ethambutol Hydrochloride we might, until
some little bay or shingly beach
or bye channel could be found,
whence they could be very ten-
derly drawn up on to the grass
and safety. No, we cannot recall
any three hours* fishing, even
when we have been in legitimate
quest of and have fairly hooked,
played, and landed the lordly
salmon, which gave us more
real sport and more keen excite-
ment than those quickly fleeting
moments with the despised ''little
red worm." on that typical high-
land stream.
Everything in the way of enjoy-
ment or of sport, as of most other
things here below, is in fact com-
parative and relative, and is
conditioned more or less by our
personal mood as well as by our
surroundings and environment.
And so, while we have many
pleasant recollections of days with
our little fly-rod both on loch and
river, and alike with the yellow
trout of inland waters, the Salmo
fontinalis from the streams of the
great American continent and the
brilliant Fario argenteus of the sea,
we have also a feeling at once of
kindly remembrance and pleas-
ing anticipation of times on thin
clear waters and under the warm
sun of midsummer (for the sun of
midsummer is occasionally warm
in Scotland) with the patient and
gentle worm on the southern
lowland trout - stream and the
granite - bounded mountain - girt
highland river.
" What shall we do to-day,
John ? " I said, as we looked at the
shining river flashing at our feet
in the rays of the morning sun,
while the sharp fresh air came
" caller " from the Berwickshire
hills to fan the brow and give
colour to the cheek. "I think,
sir, ye should worm her up i' the
momin' and flee her doon i' the
afternune." The advice, although
epigrammatic in form, was intel-
ligible. It was also good advice,
and I took it !
J. A. S. M.
The late Sir Frederick Marshall.
When the portrait of the above
gallant soldier and keen sports-
man appeared in Baily of Janu-
ary, 1 891, the biographical sketch
dealt mainly with his career as a
soldier, hunting man, and Master
of Hounds. The daily press has
put upon record his merit as a
public man. It would therefore
be tautology to say much about
him as a public man here. The
fact of his being known amongst
the many-headed in his early days
of public cricket as ** Fred Mar-
shall," without any prefix, is the
best evidence that he was much
esteemed by the public generally,
and had attained the same honours
which fell to the lot of distin-
guished men of the past, such
men as " Bob Grimston," " Fred
Ponsonby," and men also of the
present, such as " Bull Picker-
ing " and ** Dick Garth " (now
Sir Richard Garth), both of whom
— one in London and the other at
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Vancouver's Island — are none the
worse for having passed eight de-
cades of their Hfe ; and ** Charley
Green," the founder of Essex
county cricket, who is now a
" boy " only of 54 years of age,
and will become **an old 'un " in
time.
As a cricketer Sir Frederick
Marshall and his family were
great supporters of Surrey cricket,
especially in the early days of the
County Club, as not only were
they much in evidence at the
Oval, but they had a ground of
their own at Godalming, where
many matches were played, and
were also friendly allies to the
Charterhouse School when it was
removed from London to Godal-
ming. The General was one of
those who saved the Surrey
ground when there were rumomrs
of the Duchy of Cornwall authori-
ties finding some difficulties about
a fresh lease to the Club. This
occurred towards the end of the
seventies. The Duchy of Corn-
wall are trustees for the Crown,
and the Prince of Wales is tenant-
for-life. Sir Frederick Marshall,
owing to the fact that he was for-
merly Lieutenant-Colonel of the
2nd Life Guards, plus the fact that
he held high appointment under
the Duke of Cambridge, was of
course very well known to His
Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, who was most anxious
that the Club should be continued