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experience will prove them to be, they are still not 

 to be compared with the parent water. The angler 

 will be compelled to acknowledge that the Tweed 

 stands unrivalled, and that there are few streams 

 we may almost say none which can compete with 

 this delightful fishing river. 



We have angled the Tweed several times, from 

 its earliest risings to the town of Berwick. We 

 have likewise fished sections of it, by three different 

 routes. The first is from the source to the sea. 

 This is the best, at least to our fancy. We never like 

 wandering up a river, and could give, if necessary, 

 a thousand and one reasons for not liking to do so. 

 But, should an angler come from the South, by way 

 of Carlisle, to try his luck in the Tweed, then let 

 him stop at the Elvanfoot station, on the Caledonian 

 Railway, and walk over to the Tweed, which he 

 will find among a cluster of alpine mountains, at 

 about six miles' distance. Or, should he be at the 

 village of Moffat, let him find his way to the Shaw's 

 Inn, or Tweedshaws, as it is often called, and here 

 he will meet with the river in its infant struggles 

 through the mountain passes, follow it down, 

 making such daily advances as his pleasure or time 

 may dictate. We promise him, if he has the pure 

 and simple feelings of a real angler, and has a mind 

 susceptible of being affected with the sublimities and 

 beauties of nature, he will not find that his labour 

 has been ill requited. 



We have gone by another route to the Tweed. 

 We have traversed, starting from Carlisle, the vale 



