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clean salmon has been caught above Peebles, and we 

 can only hope for better things in future under the new 

 dispensation of 1857. The trout, however, are larger 

 between the mouth of Biggar-water and Peebles, than 

 in any of the upper streams except Biggar-water itself, 

 in which fish of several pounds in weight have been 

 caught. The pannier is now likely to contain, by the 

 evening, a trout or two of a pound weight, and several 

 of three-quarters, and half-a-pound. 



Tweed having escaped from the hills, there are now 

 fewer feeders, and indeed, throughout the whole of the 

 rest of the Tweed there are very few burns which 

 communicate directly with the main river. Their 

 tribute gathered from the high lands is brought in at 

 second-hand by streams which almost rival the Tweed 

 itself in size. We observe a burn with the name of 

 Weston Burn, marked on the map as flowing through 

 the parish of Stobo to the Tweed, but can say nothing 

 of its angling capabilities. About three miles above 

 Peebles, however, the Tweed receives the Lyne, a 

 stream which takes its rise on the south side of the 

 Pentlands, and has a course of about fifteen miles. The 

 lower part of the Lyne may be fished from Peebles, 

 and the upper part, and its tributary the Tarth, from 

 Rom anno Bridge, which used to be one of the stations 

 of the Edinburgh and Dumfries coach. The Lyne is 

 noted for the number of trout which it contains, and 

 was a favourite resort of Edinburgh anglers in the 

 coaching days. It is still worth a visit probably the 

 more so that there must be fewer anglers in it now 

 than formerly. The Tarth, like many other streams, is 

 said to have been injured of late by having its banks 

 cut and straightened. 



