VI THE BOEDER ANGLER. 



Salmon-fishing..." The Nest," 64... Scott at Ashestiel, 

 65... A night's Leistering with the Ettrick Shepherd 

 ...the ducking in Gliddy's Weal, 66... Sir Walter at 

 Abbotsford...the coursing-match on Newark Hill, 67 

 ...Scott's last home coming, 69, 70... His death, 70... 

 Allan-water... Lord Somerville's Fishings, 71. ..The 

 Law of Trout-fishing, 72, 75... Melrose, 72-74... Dry- 

 burgh.. .St. Boswell's... John Younger, 76-79... Ruther- 

 ford-water, 80... Ducal restrictions on Trout-fishing, 

 and imitations thereof by smaller fry, 82, 83...Maker- 

 ston Trows.... Rob Kerss, 83.. .Floors.. ..Kelso, 85... 

 Forrest's rods and flies, 86... Sprouston Dub, 87.. .The 

 Eden...Birgham-water, 88. ..Coldstream, 89. ..The Leet, 

 90.. ..The Till, the Bowmont, and the Gleu, 9L.. .Mill- 

 field Plain. ..Tweedmill,93...St. Cuthbert...Tillmouth 

 Castle, 94...Norham Castle... Salmon traps, 95. 



CHAPTER IV. ETTRICK AND YARROW, . . 97-124 

 The Forest, 97... Salmon and Trout-poaching, 99.. .Lord 

 Minto's Act, 100... Head of the Ettrick, 101...Timah 

 ....Rankleburn....Tushilaw, 102.. ..Traditions of the 

 Forest, l03...The Ettrick Shepherd, 104.. .His astonish- 

 ing draught of fishes in theMeggat,115, noie.. .Boston's 

 " Fourfold State," 105... The Ettrick, from Tushilaw 

 downwards, 10-5.. .St. Mary's Loch, 106.. .Tibbie Shiels 

 ...her distinguished guests, and kindly care of them, 

 107.. .Hints on Locli-fishing, 109... Pike-fishing, 110... 

 Perch-fishing, 114. ..Little Yarrow. ..The Meggat, 114, 

 115.. ..Loch Skene, 116.. ..Roads to St. Mary's, 117.... 

 Scenes of old Ballads, 118-20... Loch of tlie Lowes, 

 119...Dryhope Tower... The Yarrow, 121.. .Newark 

 Castle... BoAvhill, 122... Experiments in breeding Sal- 

 mon, 122, «o«e... Selkirk. ..Disputed dram at the battle 

 of Philiphaugh, 124. 



CHAPTER V. THE GALA AND THE LEADER, 125-39 



Edinburgh fishers and fast-days, 125...The trout amazed 

 at the multitudinous invasion, 126... Vast numbers 

 annually caught in tlie Gala, ib...Heriot- water, 127... 

 Large Trout near Stow, 129... The Luggate... Gala- 

 shiels Poachers, 130.... Factory pollutions, 131.. ..The 



