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along the banks of the Tweed in this part of its course 

 will afford a novel and truly delightful treat. Fine 

 rippling rushing streams, as clear and transparent as the 

 purest crystal, will attract the enraptured angler every 

 fifty or sixty yards on his route ; whilst the broad 

 channelled bed of the river, free from bush or twig, 

 or impediments of any kind, will afford him every 

 possible facility for casting his line, or landing his fish. 

 If there be a single breath of air wandering about these 

 hills, it soon frisks upon the surface of the glassy waters ; 

 so that even in the brightest weather the industrious 

 angler can scarcely be disappointed of his sport. The 

 supplv of fish seems to be nearly inexhaustible, for from 

 sixteen to twenty dozen trout, with a goodly sprinkling 

 of salmon, are no uncommon result of a single days' 

 work by an expert and persevering sportsman. 



Another great advantage which the Tweed possesses, 

 as a fishing river, arises from the circumstance, that all 

 her tributary streams will afford the angler an almost 

 endless succession of splendid sport. They are all sup- 

 plied in rich abundance with trout and salmon; and as 

 they flow from many opposite directions, they afford to 

 the inhabitants of widely separated sections of the king- 

 dom, the opportunity of enjoying the most delightful 

 amusement in all parts of their waters. But good as their 

 tributary streams unquestionably are, and lavishly sup- 

 plied with fish, as experience will prove them to be; they 

 are still not to be compared with the parent water. The 

 angler will be compelled to acknowledge that the Tweed 

 stands unrivalled, and that there are few streams we 

 may almost say, none which can compete with this 

 delightful fishing river. 



The principal tributaries of the Tweed, in which we 



