Vlll THE BORDER ANGLER. 



Paffi 



CHAP. VIII. THE EYE, THE TYNE, THE ESKS, 187-8 

 The Eye... Grant's House, Reston, Ayton, 187-8.. .The 

 Tyne, its upper waters, 189... Haddington... rigid pre- 

 servation of the river, 190.. .The valley of the Tyne... 

 Crichton Castle... Hailes Castle... Tyninghair..... Press- 

 mennan-loch...TheBiel-burn,190 -l...TheEsks...The 

 Duke of Buccleuch and the Edinburgh Commissieaers 

 of Supply on the pollution of the North Esk, 191-3 

 ...The South Esk, 193... Upper portion of the North 

 Esk...Glencorse-burn...The Compensation Pond, 194 

 ...Edinburgh Pic-nic-ers at Babble's Howe, 195... The 

 Mouth of the Esk. ..Sea-trout.. .the Scenery, 196. 



CONCLUSION, 1 



The Anatomist of Melancholy on Fishing, 197... The 

 Philosophy of the Sport, 198. ..The need of earnest- 

 ness, 199...Izaak Walton's pious conclusion, 200. 



APPENDIX. 



A. ABSTRACT of the PROVISIONS of the TWEED FISHERIES 



ACT, 1859. 



B. TROUT-FISHING in SALMON CASTS. 



C. NOTES on the GROWTH and HABITS of the SALMON. 



NOTE. Since the Act of 1859, of which an abstract is given in Ap- 

 pendix A, two other Scotch Fisheries Acts have been passed, one in Augusl 

 1862 and another in July 1863. By these the regulations for the protec- 

 tion of breeding salmon are made still more stringent; and accordingly 

 it is now the law that all persons convicted of merely possessing any salmon- 

 roe (see pp. 41 et seq.) for sale, or for fishing purposes, as well as those de- 

 tected fishing with it, are liable to a penalty of 2, and forfeiture of the 

 roe in their possession. Moreover it is a criminal offence punishable by a 

 fine of 5 or three months' imprisonment, for three or more persons " in 

 company " to fish for salmon illegally at night, or even to be found to- 

 gether at night upon any ground near salmon ^waters, if the intent to fish 

 illegally can be proved against them by their possession of the requisite 

 implements or otherwise. 



