THE EDEN, B1RGHAM FISHINGS. 335 



to further competition. The club is yet in its infancy, 

 and its meetings which take place in the months of 

 May and July, under cover of a marquee, have hitherto, 

 with one exception, met with little favour from the 

 elements. 



About three miles below Kelso, the Eden, a small 

 rivulet, but held in good repute by the angler, enters 

 Tweed. I have already alluded in the body of this 

 volume to the superior quality of its trout, which are 

 red fleshed, and deep in the shape. There is a fall on 

 this stream at Newton Don, below which, the true breed 

 of Eden is intermixed with other varieties. May and 

 June are the months when the Eden trout are in 

 highest perfection, and the worm at this period is a 

 deadly bait. The largest trout I ever killed in Eden 

 weighed above two pounds, and I have frequently taken, 

 among others, a dozen weighing a pound a-piece. Of 

 late years, the fish have greatly decreased in size, but 

 their quality, when in season, is still good* 



The Birgham fishings on Tweed commence about 

 half a mile below Eden-mouth, and comprise, along 

 with the Carham water, a number of excellent pools 

 and angling casts, the principal of which are Birgham 

 Dub, containing Burn-mouth, Corbie-nest, Galashan, 

 Jean-my-lady, Cork Stane, after which follow the Burn- 

 stream, Carham-wheel, including CuddyVhole, Dyke- 

 end, Long-ship-end, Mid-channel-stream, Flummery, 

 Kirk-end, Dritten-ass, Glitters, Bloody-breeks, Under- 

 cairn, the Caldron-hole, Three-stanes, Pikey, Three- 

 brethren, Nether-stream, the Hole-stream, the Hole, 

 Craw-stanes, Lang-craig, MarkVskelley-head, Bell- 

 stane, Segg-bush, White -eddy, Whinbush-skelley, 

 Shaw's-mare, Know-head. 



The casts in the Wark water, belonging to Earl Grey, 



