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appeared in the newspapers in the last week of July 



" On Monday, owing to the spate which came down on Sun- 

 day morning, the net fisheries on the Tweed had the largest 

 take of salmon ever remembered by the oldest fisherman to 

 have been caught in the same space of time in that river. From 

 six o'clock in the morning, when the fishing commenced, till 

 night, about 3,500 adult salmon and about half the number of 

 grilses (i. e. upwards of 5,000 in all), with a fair proportion of 

 trouts, were taken. At several fisheries in the middle district 

 more salmon were caught than are usually taken during an 

 entire season. Wilford and Bendibus waters (about ten miles 

 up the river) had 600 fish each. Large numbers got beyond 

 the netting district, which cannot fail to afford sport for the 

 anglers above. The proportion of grilses is unusually small. 

 The salmon are in fine condition, and run large." 



About two miles above Berwick the Tweed receives 

 its last ally, the Whitadder. 



And so the Tweed is wedded with the sea. The 

 moisture from a thousand hills the tiny contributions 

 of a thousand rivulets tribute from all the waters 

 that make glad our Border-land represented in one 

 broad stream, pass through the arches of the old 

 bridge of Berwick, double round Spittal Point, dash 

 against Queen Elizabeth's pier, and, gliding swiftly 

 outwards, are lost in the German Ocean. 



