CONTENTS. Vll 



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Heriot-water, 132. ..Large Trout near Stow, 134. ..The 

 Luggate....Galashiels Poachers and Factory pollu- 

 tionsJ35...The Vale of Gala, l36...The Leader and its 

 Feeders, 137...()ur"oldNobilitie," 140... James Baillie 

 of Lander, 141...Carrolside-water...Earlston, 142 .. 

 Thomas the Rhymer..." The Broom of the Cowden- 

 knowes,"I43...Sandyknowe...Smailholm Tower, 144. 



CHAP. VI. THE TEVIOT AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, 145-64 

 Fishing and drinking in the olden times, 145.. .Source 

 of the Teviot, 147. ..The Allan... Borth wick-water... 

 Branxholm Castle, 148....HAWICK ...The Slitrigg.... 

 Stobbs Castle, 149...Minto Castle... Ha wick Netters... 

 The Rule, 150... Denholra... John Leyden, 151. ..The 

 Ale. ..John Younger, 153-155.. .Ancrum Moor.. .The 

 Jed, 155... The poet Thomson, and his angling sketch 

 in " The Seasons," 156. ..Fishing among trees, 157... 

 JEDBURGH...HS antiquity, 159. ..The Oxnam and the 

 Kale, 160...Heaton-mill cauld,16L..Mr.Purves'skelt- 



killingi and Mr. Stoddart's monster eel, ib Pike and 



Perch in the Teviot, 163. 



CHAP. VII. THE WHITADDER & BLACKADDER, 165-86 

 These Berwickshire Twins unlike each other, 165... Head 

 of the Whitadder, ib... The Fasiiey a stream in a state 

 of nature, 166.. .Heather Trout, 167...Cranshaws, 168 

 ...Both well-burn... .Dye-water.. ..Watch-water, 169 .. 

 Blacksmill-burn.... Burn-fishing with dipping min- 

 now, 170....Longformacus...Ellemford...Geordie Ha- 

 milton, 17l...Geordie's angling feats. ..his migrations 

 ...his rule of ; ' chairge," 172-3... Fishing-inn charges 

 ...decline of toddy-drinking. 173-4.. .Hints on re- 

 freshing and washing, 175... Abbey St. Bathan's, 177... 

 Dunse, 179.. .The Covenanters on Dunse-Law, ib.... 

 John Duns Scotus and Jenny Geddes, ib....Chirnside, 

 180... David Hume at Nine wells, ib...Allariton, 181... 

 The Blackadder, ib... Legend of Twinlaw-Cairns, 182 

 ...Straightening of water-courses, ib...Greenlaw, 183 

 ...The Protectionist system on the Blackadder, 184... 

 The lower part of the Whitadder, 185... The Anacharis 

 Alsinastrum, ib. 



