HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, 



WHOSE SKILL AND EXPERIENCE AS A SALMON-FISHER 



ARE ONLY EXCELLED BY 



THE GENEROSITY HE HAS UNIFORMLY SHOWN TOWARDS THE 

 LOVERS OF RIVER-SIDE SPORTS ; 



AND TO WHOM, 



FOR HIS EXERTIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THE TWEED ACTS NOW IN FORCE, 

 BOTH THE ANGLING COMMUNITY AT LARGE, 



AND 



THE OWNERS OF SALMON-FISHINGS ON THE BORDER RIVERS, 

 ARE GREATLY INDEBTED, 



THIS VOLUME 

 IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. 



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