CONTENTS 



Pagci 



CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY, 1-4 



The Angler's location, page 1... Favourable position of 

 Edinburgh, 2... Fraternization of the North British 

 Railway with the Border Streams, 3... The Author's 

 plan, 3. 



CHAPTER II. ANOLING ON THE BORDERS, . 5-44 



Meatae, Romans, Monks, and Kelts, 5...Salmou-fishing, 

 7. ..Rapid decrease of the fish and of the Rentals of 

 the Fishings, 9... The Tweed Fisheries Acts, 10-13... 

 Extent of kelt-killing in the Tweed, 15... Rod-fishing 

 for Salmon with fly, worm, parr-tail, &c. 16-23.. .The 

 habits of the Salmon, 19... His freaks when hooked, 

 24... Trout-fishing, 25... Fly, worm, creeper, and May- 

 fly, 26-37... Stewart's new methods, 27, 35... Minnow 

 and Roe-fishing, 38, 40... Forbidden fish, 43. 



CHAPTER III. THE TWEED, 45-96 



Character of the River from source to mouth, 45. ..Mr. 

 Stoddart's eulogium, 46... The Crook, 49... Hill-burns, 

 50... The Tala and the upper Tributaries, 51...Biggar- 

 water, Rachan Mill, and Broughton, 52, 53... The 

 Lyne and the Tarth, 55. ..Peebles and its neighbour- 

 hood, 56... Manor-water, 57...Eddleston-water, 58... 

 The Peebles Anglers, 59.. .Innerleithen, 59.. .The Lei- 

 then and the Quair, 60, 61..." The Bush aboon Tra- 

 quair,"6i...Ashestiel and neighbourhood, 62... Tweed 

 Trout-flies, 63...Caddon-wat«f and Clovenford, 64... 



