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the JBorthwicJcj and Ale, Selkirkshire. The whole 

 course of the Tiviot is exceedingly beautiful. 

 The valley through which it passes is very fertile, 

 and the banks of the stream are often abrupt, 

 lofty, and picturesque, and in many places stud- 

 ded with gentlemen's seats. The part of the 

 route of the river above the town of Hawick is more 

 pastoral than agricultural. It is a good deal fished 

 in the neighbourhood of Hawick by the manufac- 

 turing population of the town. It is advisable to 

 commence a short distance from it. In taking the 

 general tour of the river, the angler will pass through 

 the chief vale of Rule, and the principal mountain 

 ranges of what is denominated Tiviotdale the 

 Dunian and Euberslaw. In this interesting ramble 

 we perceive both sides of the river studded with 

 interesting cottages and noble mansions ; the most 

 distinguished of the latter is Minto House, the seat 

 of the Earl of Minto. The scenery in the vicinity 

 is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful, particu- 

 larly from a spot called Earnhill's Bed, which is 

 said to have been the hiding-place of a famous robber 

 of that name, to which circumstance and allusion is 

 made in the following lines of the great Scottish 

 poet : 



" On Minto' s crags the moonbeams glint, 

 Where Barnhill hewed his bed of flint, 

 Who flung his outlawed limbs to rest, 

 Where falcons hang their giddy nest. 

 For many a league his prey could spy 



