EYE. TYNE. 341 



There are few lakes, and those of small dimensions, in 

 the counties of Berwick and Roxburgh. Coldingham 

 Loch, containing perch, is the largest natural sheet of 

 water in the former; and in the latter, Primside or 

 Yetholm Loch producing pike and perch ; Hoselaw, 

 where there are perch; and Essenside, Shielswood, 

 Headshaw, and Ashkirk yielding, along with the fish 

 above named, a few trout. The four last are situated 

 in the parish of Ashkirk. 



The TYNE, in Haddingtonshire, is celebrated for its 

 connection with the case of Fergusson v. Shirreff, the 

 decision on which has so largely affected the interests of 

 the angling community in Scotland, and has left behind 

 it a degree of irritation not easily removed. Its sources 

 are in Middleton Moor, and it travels, at a somewhat 

 sluggish pace, upwards of twenty miles, before reaching 

 the sea, near Dunbar. The trout it contains are of 

 excellent quality, and acquire occasionally large dimen- 

 sions. I have frequently killed them, upwards of two 

 pounds in weight. When in season, they are a shy fish, 

 and refuse the ordinary-sized flies, preferring the midge 

 varieties and dull colours. Minnows also are in esteem, 

 if properly selected, and in the streams when small, the 

 trout take the worm with avidity. Salmon ascend the 

 Tyne, as far up as the fall at East Linton, but not in 

 great numbers. The burn of Biel, not far off, contains 

 nice trout; and the loch of Pressmennan, connected 

 with it, is stocked with the Loch Leven breed, as well 

 as carp and tench. This artificial piece of water is 

 nearly two miles in circumference. The right of salmon 

 fishing in the Tyne is possessed by the Earl of Hadding- 

 ton, who has also the coast fishings on both sides of its 

 mouth, from the Peffer-burn to within a short distance 

 of the Biel water. 



