Excerpt from Sprigs of Heather: Or the Rambles of May-Fly With Old Friends The friend in question, let the reader know, was neither a bright merry girl, nor a jolly young fellow, - both good in their way, - but a brown mountain stream, well known to tourists and anglers as the Highland Braan. And why not an improving companion? Have we not a high authority for the fact that there are books in running brooks? Aye, and better books than many that talk in large type. The streams have a word for the hear ing ear, and have been preaching a gospel of their own kind ever since their soft liquid tongues made sweetest music through moor and woodland. We invite the reader, especially if Waltonian, to go with us for a ramble among the broomy braes that are made bright and cheery by the waters of the Braan. This picturesque stream flows from Loch Freuchie, a lonely sheet of water nestling among the heath-clad hills of Western Perthshire. After a brawling course of about fourteen miles, it loses itself in the lordly Tay, opposite the hoary Cathedral of Dunkeld, near to the somewhat classic hamlet of Inver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.