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gentlemen with their boats, at the general rate of 

 ten shillings a-day, with refreshments; and this 

 arrangement affords facilities for strangers to indulge 

 in this mode of angling, who would otherwise be 

 cut off from its enjoyment. These boatmen are 

 commonly very skilful anglers, and excellent guides 

 to the haunts of the salmon. To gentlemen who are 

 anxious to try their skill in this highest branch of 

 the " gentle craft/' we would recommend them to 

 place themselves under one of these boatmen, who 

 will initiate them, in a short time, into all the mys- 

 teries of the art of angling in the Tweed. 



What is connected, in the way of legal right and 

 privilege, with the salmon fisheries on this river, 

 apply, in substance, to all the salmon rivers in Scot- 

 land. 



The waters about Abbotsford, and below it, to 

 the mouth of the Gala, are excellent fishing spots, 

 both for salmon and trout. The Gala itself is now 

 but an indifferent stream for the rod. In hot sum- 

 mers it is often quite dry for some distance from 

 Galashiels ; and the manufactures now carried on 

 in this town have gradually rendered the fishing 

 of this feeder scarcely worth notice. Higher up in 

 the Gala a few trout are to be had in certain 

 states of the water. The Tweed, from Galashiels to 

 Melrose, presents many stretches of water of great 

 beauty, and which abound with fish at all seasons of 

 the year. 



The famous Abbey is only a short step from the 

 river, and its ruins are well entitled to a visit from 



