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for which there are capital streams in this stretch of 

 water, he ought to go to Dryburgh-bridge in the morn- 

 ing, and fish up. He must not, as we have said, choose 

 the deep and rapidly flowing streams, but the very 

 shallowest ones he can pick out, or the thin sides of the 

 deeper ones. Hereabouts in the Tweed, and further 

 down, there is always a chance of a whitling or sea- 

 trout, and in spring it will frequently happen that the 

 trout-angler may hook a kelt. We have already warned 

 him, however, to return kelts to the water with all 

 possible care. 



St. Boswell's, or Lessudden, about five miles from 

 Melrose, is the next station on the Tweed for anglers. 

 It is about two miles from Newtown railway station, 

 where the line branches to Kelso and Hawick, and is 

 itself about a mile from the Tweed. There are two 

 inns, of which the Buccleuch Arms is the principal, 

 although the other is also a snug retreat for the angler. 

 Lessudden is admirably situated for fishing a few 

 miles of the Tweed that are not attainable from either 

 Kelso or Melrose save by railway, and we are sorry 

 to say that convenient trains do not usually run about 

 three or four o'clock in the morning, or about eleven 

 at night — so that when using them, the angler must 

 sacrifice both morning and night, and confine his sport 

 to six or seven hours during the day. We fear much 

 that no representation from the angling community for 

 such suitable trains would be attended to ; so that the 

 angler who has a few days' leisure ought to plant him- 

 self in such places as stud the banks of Tweed, where 

 the water is at his feet. The Dryburgh and Mertoun 

 fishings — both of a very high character for trout 



