336 TWEED AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



are the Snipe, the Brae, the Dub, Anna-edge, Cuddy's- 

 hole, Skellie-rocks, Willow-bush, Island-neb, Black- 

 mark, IVen-down-brae, Hedge-end, Red-heugh-stane, 

 KelTs-hole, Mid-hole, Temple, Cauld-end, Coble-neb, 

 Coble-hole, Bulwark. The fishings on the north side 

 of the river belong to the Earl of Hume, those on the 

 south, below Carham-burn, to the Compton family, 

 Carham Hall. Succeeding these are the Wark fish- 

 ings, and further down the Lees water, recently taken 

 for the purpose of rod-fishing by a party of gentlemen 

 from Glasgow, at a rent of seventy pounds per annum. 

 This range of river extends nearly to Coldstream, where 

 the Leet, an insignificant stream, but containing trout of 

 considerable size and very superior flavour, discharges 

 itself. The Leet passes through the Hirsel grounds, 

 seat of the Earl of Hume, where there is a fish pond. 

 In the New Statistical Account, it is stated that the late 

 Earl, who perhaps killed more salmon with the rod 

 than any angler of his day, captured one in Tweed of 

 the extraordinary weight of fifty pounds ; it is also 

 affirmed that pike have been taken out of the Hirsel 

 loch, weighing thirty-two pounds. At Coldstream- 

 bridge there is a good cast, which seldom wants its fish, 

 and where in the grilse season, when the river is clear, 

 one has an excellent opportunity of studying the habits 

 and likings of the salmon in fresh water what fly is 

 most attractive, &c. &c. The trouting about Coldstream 

 is very superior but the rod-fishings for salmon, with 

 the exception of the cast above mentioned, somewhat 

 precarious. Three miles below Coldstream stands 

 Tweed-mill, nearly opposite which the Till enters. 



Although not a Scottish river, yet, as one of the tri- 

 butaries of Tweed, and fed in part by Scottish springs, 

 the Till merits a single moment's attention. It is a 



