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his beau-pere by force I Dryhope Tower is in full view, 

 about a mile from St. Mary's Kirk, and is a fine speci- 

 men of the ancient square border " peel." From the 

 Chapel, indeed, perhaps the finest view of the loch and 

 its scenery may be obtained, Tibbie's strip of plant- 

 ing running into the water at the head, Bourhope 

 lying snugly in a wooded cleugh on the opposite side, 

 and the blue Yarrow itself at the foot, winding through 

 the bare valley. The Free Kirk we have noticed, and 

 a farm-house newly erected at the foot of the loch, are 

 the only modern-looking intruders upon a scene where 

 we fear our readers will think we have already lin- 

 gered too long. 



Kirkstead-burn, which enters just at the foot of the 

 loch, is full of small trout, and we' fancy but little 

 fished. Mr. Stewart informs us that upon one occa- 

 sion he caught twenty-three dozen in it. 



The Yarrow is rather a late water, and fly-fishing 

 in it is somewhat uncertain. The trou t, however, are 

 of good size, and it is well adapted for angling with 

 minnow. Many very heavy baskets have been got 

 out of it in the first mile or two from where it flows 

 out of the loch. About two miles downwards it is 

 joined by Douglas-burn, which has a high reputa- 

 tion as full of small trout, and in a flood almost any 

 number may be taken out of it. The Gordon Arms 

 Inn is situated about a mile below the junction of 

 the Douglas-burn, or about seven miles from Tibbie 

 Shiels's and eleven from Selkirk, and is in great mea- 

 sure intended for the accommodation of anglers. It 

 is indeed most suitably placed for fishing the middle 

 district of the Yarrow. From the other side enters 



