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be seen here which ascend the tributary streams 

 and rivulets which flow into the Tweed on its 

 Scottish side. There can be no doubt but that 

 unerring instinct rightly guides this monarch of 

 the streams in all the movements connected 

 with the propagation of his kind. 



The sportsman will find the Till a better 

 river for fly, above the village of Millfield Hill, 

 than below it. The streams are longer and 

 more rippling, and the bed of the river more 

 conveniently framed for landing and killing 

 fish. The best flies in the spring, that is, in 

 the latter end of February, or the beginning of 

 March, if the weather has been fresh and open, 

 are the red and black cock-hackle, with grey 

 or woodcock wing. A tolerably large-sized fly 

 may be used in this early part of the year. 

 After sudden freshes during the summer months, 

 I have seen the trout take so freely, that it did 

 not appear to be of any consequence what 

 coloured flies were used: everything was fish 

 which came to the net. 



Before the angler leaves the banks of the 

 Till, perhaps he may feel some interest in 

 visiting Ford Castle, once a border fortress of 

 great importance. It was built in the reign of 

 Henry III. by Sir William Heron, and has 

 been rebuilt by the late Earl of Delaval. There 



