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" ThoSaumon," 66.. .Scott at Ashestiel, 67. ..A night's 

 Leistering with the Ettrick Shepherd. ..the ducking 

 in Gliddy's Weal, 68... Sir Walter at Abbotsford, 69... 

 The coursing-match on Newark Hill, ib.. .Scott 1 : iast 

 home-coming, and^deatb, 71... Allan-water, 7G'...Lord 

 Somerville's Fishing, ib...The Law of Trout-fishing, 

 74, 77...MELROSE, 74-76.. .Dryburgh...St Boswell's 

 ...John Younger, 78-81... Rutherford-water, 81... Du- 

 cal restrictions on trout -fishing, and imitations there- 

 , of by smaller fry, 83, 84...Makerstoun Trows. ..Rob 

 Kerss and the unsocial Peer, 85. ..Floors, 86...K.EUBO, 

 87... Forest's rods and flies, 88...Sprouston Dub, 89... 

 TheEdeu...Birgham-water,90...Coldstream,91...Tlie 

 Leet, 92.. .The Till, the Bowmont, and the Glen, 93... 

 Millfield Plain. ..Tweedmill, 95.. .St. Outhbert...Till- 

 mouth Castle, 96...Norham Castle. ..Salmon traps, 97 

 ...Berwick, 98... Great haul of fish in July 1858, 99. 



CHAPTER IV. ETTRICK AND YARROW, . . 100-29' 

 The Forest, 100.. .Salmon and Trout-poaching, 101-103 

 ...Anglers' Protection Associations, 104.. .English no- 

 tion of sport, 105 ..The head of the Ettrick, 105... 

 Timah...Rankleburn...Tushilaw, 106... Traditions of 

 the Forest, 107. ..The Ettrick Shepherd, 108. ..His 

 astonishing draught of fishes in theJVleggat, 109, note 

 ...Boston's "Fourfold State," 109... The Ettrick, from 

 Tushilaw downwards, 109.. .Tibbie Shiels...her dis- 

 tinguished guests, and kindly care of them, 111. ..St. 

 Mary's Loch and the Loch o' the Lowes, 112, 123... 

 Hints on Loch-fishing, 113. . . Pike-fishing, 1 14. . .Perch- 

 fishing, 118... LittleYarrow... The Meggal, 119... Loch- 

 Skene, 121, ..Roads to St. Mary's, ib.... Scenes of old 

 Ballads, 122...Dryhope Tower... The Yarrow, 125... 

 Newark Castle....Bowhill, 126.. ..Experiments in breed- 

 ing Salmon, 126, note... Selkirk... Disputed dram at 

 the battle of Philiphaugh, 128. 



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Edinburgh fishers and city fast-days on the Gala, 130... 

 The Trout amazed at the multitudinous invasion... 

 The vast numbers annually caught in the Gala, 131 



