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Melrose, is the next station on the Tweed for anglers. 

 It is about two miles from Newtown railway station, 

 where the line branches to Kelso and Hawick, and is 

 itself about a mile from the Tweed. There are two 

 inns, of which the Buccleuch Arms is the principal, 

 although the other is also a snug retreat for the angler. 

 Lessudden is admirably situated for fishing a few miles 

 of the Tweed that are not attainable from either Kelso 

 or Melrose save by railway, and we are sorry to say 

 that convenient trains do not usually run about three 

 or four o'clock in the morning, or about eleven at 

 night so that when using -them, the angler must 

 sacrifice both morning and night, and confine his sport 

 to six or seven hours during the day. We fear much 

 that no representation from the angling community for 

 such suitable trains would be attended to ; so that the 

 angler who has a few days' leisure ought to plant him- 

 self in one of the places that stud the banks of Tweed, 

 where the water is at his feet. The Dryburgh and Mer- 

 toun fishings both of a very high character for trout 

 and salmon are close by Lessudden ; and, just across 

 the bridge, is Dryburgh Abbey, where the Last Mins- 

 trel himself was laid to sleep in 1832, and whither, in 

 1854, his son-in-law and biographer was brought to be 

 laid beside him. The upper part of the Mertoun fish- 

 ings is let to an English gentleman, who resides at 

 Lessudden during the grilse season, and has a keeper 

 who watches that particular water during the open 

 season, and, like many other keepers, becomes a mem- 

 ber of the regular Tweed police during close-time. 



We cannot pass Lessudden without a salutation to 

 our venerable friend, Mr. John Younger. John is the 



