432 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



flat agricultural district, and in this stretch of several miles 

 justifies its Gaelic title of " quiet river." Halleaths, Dormont, 

 Kirkwood, Castlemilk, Murraythwaite fish one or other bank 

 to the junction with the Water of Milk on the left. Below 

 this the two best fishings of the District are situated, viz., 

 Hoddam and Mount Annan, after which the river flows through 

 the old Royal Burgh of Annan, where the Burgh have fishings 

 shared with Newbie, over a weir up to which the tide comes, 

 and so, without any widening out, into a broad and muddy 

 estuary, as is the case with all other Scottish Solway rivers, 

 it enters the upper Solway at Annan Water Foot, about a mile 

 west of the railway viaduct. 



The public have most unusual facilities for fishing the Annan. 

 In this respect the Annan and Tweed resemble each other. It 

 is somewhat remarkable, therefore, that these are the two 

 districts in which additional demands have been made for 

 public fishing. Shall I be thought very forward if I recall the 

 fable of the camel which pleaded to be allowed simply to have 

 its head inside the tent, and whose master eventually found 

 himself out in the cold ? Complete freedom is allowed in the 

 stretches near Moffat, where, however, the trout fisher is chiefly 

 affected. Other waters may be fished by ticket. 



Dmwoodie l^ 6 P r Pf rt y of Sir Robert Buchanan- Jardine, Bart., 

 w > who issues tickets at 2 for the season, through 



**** Mr. D. W. Campbell, BreckonhiJJ, Lockerbie. 



Girthhead / 



Blacketlees 17 a. 6d for the season, through Mr. D. W. Campbell, 



Breckonhill, Lockerbie. 

 Newbie 7*. 6d. for the season, through Mr. J. T. M'Glasson, Newbie 



Villa, Annan. 

 Kinmount 1 5s. per season by Mr. C. Brook, proprietor, through 



Mr. Murray Little, Hoddam Estate Office, Ecclefechan. 

 Hoddam 3s. a day up to 1st Sept., and 3*. 6d. a day after that date ; 



issued at East Lodge, Hoddam. 



The proceeds from the two last are given to charitable institutions. 

 In most cases tickets may be secured for short periods if desired. 



The tidal waters used to be severely fished by net and coble 

 as well as by haaf net. The latter mode of fishing, as well as 

 poke-netting, is still carried on, it being estimated in a return 

 presented to Lord Elgin's Commission that 50 haaf nets and 

 34 poke nets are fished in the Solway not very far from the 

 river mouth. Net and coble fishing is now discontinued. 



