164 THE BORDER ANGLER. 



the Tweed from the Teviot, the Leet, and the Till, 

 probably even to the sea ; for they have been caught 

 in the salmon-nets within the tide-way. In no part of 

 the main river, however, have they fixed their habi- 

 tation. At Coldstream, a few years ago, a pike was 

 caught in the Tweed by a worm-fisher, in a stream a 

 circumstance, so far as we know, altogether singular 

 in the history of pike-fishing. Heaton-mill cauld is 

 also about the best cast for pike in the Teviot. 



There are also perch in the Teviot, and we believe 

 they are sometimes taken of a very large size, even up 

 to three and four pounds. The minnow, either spun 

 in the ordinary way, or angled with alive, is a more 

 tempting bait for large perch in rivers than in ponds. 

 But little attention, however, is paid to this kind of 

 fishing by border anglers. 



