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of a line among the pools of the Till ; and on many 

 days of the season the angler in its waters will have 

 the opportunity of seeing such a piscatory exhibition. 

 The eels of Till are almost worth fishing for. We 

 should by all means recommend a foray into this part 

 of Northumberland. The scenery and its memories 

 are most interesting. Millfield plain, the large al- 

 luvial basin through which the Till flows, was once the 

 head-quarters of the British Druids ; and a sacred hill 

 called Yevering Bel is said to have in those old days 

 overlooked a city more populous than any now in the 

 district. Tradition says that King Arthur fought the 

 first of his twelve famous battles at the junction of the 

 Glen and Till. Near the quaint old town of Wooler is 

 the scene of the battle of Homildown Hill, and a little 

 further down that of Flodden ; and from any part of 

 the ridge that rises up to the Cheviots, the course of 

 the march of the English army on the last occasion, 

 along the east bank of the Till, to where it is crossed 

 at Twizel bridge which still stands may easily be 

 seen. No one can help wondering at the folly which 

 permitted such a movement, when it might have been 

 so easily opposed. Nearer Cornhill a rather more apo- 

 cryphal battle-field that of Chevy Chase, as distinct 

 from Otterburne, which is in Keed- water, on the other 

 side of the Cheviots is pointed out. 



Learmonth-burn, which enters the Tweed a little 

 way above Cornhill, contains trouts. 



Net-fishing is practised at Coldstream, and also at 

 Tweedmill, three miles further down. There is good 

 trouting between these points. Below Tweedmill-cauld, 

 a famous run called the Chapel-stream gives the Tweed 



