168 SALMON FISHING IN THE TWEED 



shipped a reasonable quantity of water, we at 

 length approached the vast bleaching grounds of 

 Perth, where the river swept swift and ample in 

 an even channel under a wooded bank studded 

 with villas; we then darted through the middle 

 arch of the beautiful bridge in the town, and 

 hauled up our boats on a wharf below it. 



