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Indignant of the guile. With yielding hand, 

 That feels him still, yet to his furious course 

 Gives way, you, now retiring, following now, 

 Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage, 

 Till floating byroad upon his breathless side, 

 And to his fate abandon' d, to the shore 

 You gaily drag your unresisting prize." 



The Eden rises near to Mellerstain Mill, and has a 

 range of about ten miles. Its banks are covered in 

 many localities with trees and brushwood, and, 

 therefore, a short rod and line are required. It 

 contains no great volume of water, for, even at its 

 entrance to the Tweed, it may, in dry weather, be 

 crossed by a good leap. The trout are fine and rich, 

 and of fair size. The stretches of still water in it 

 are full of fish. It is said that the salmon never 

 ascend its waters, but that the salmon-trout do very 

 freely. The Leet water, which joins the Tweed at 

 Coldstream, abounds with fine large trout, but they 

 are only to be taken when the water is in a certain 

 state of fullness, and with the worm or minnow. A 

 good part of its waters are preserved. 



The Tweed, from Coldstream, a good station for 

 the angler, down to the Whitadder, is delightful 

 fishing water, abounding with both salmon and trout. 

 This feeder is an important one to the fishers on the 

 Eastern coast, and is much frequented by sportsmen 

 from many of the towns in the North of England. , 

 The Whitadder enters the Tweed about six miles 

 from Berwick-upon-Tweed, and on its northern side. 

 It is a noble stream, and fine salmon and trout are 



