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INTRODUCTION. 



THERE is no river in Great Britain which affords so 

 many facilities to the angler for the pursuit of his art, 

 as the far-famed Border stream. Taken in connection 

 with its tributaries, it includes a range of water suffi- 

 cient, throughout the season, to engage the skill and 

 assiduity of thousands of the gentle craft; and this 

 it does, without giving occasion for a single dispute, 

 on the ground of interference with his sport, to any 

 one individual of the whole number. Extending up- 

 wards of one hundred miles, the Tweed itself furnishes 



