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To the requirements of Tweed and its tributaries, under 

 the treatment which they are at present receiving, I have 

 also, in the concluding pages, called attention. Through 

 the zealous exertions of his Grace the Duke of Koxburghe, 

 our Border rivers have been set free from many glaring 

 abuses, and are now under control of Acts of Parliament, 

 which promise to work well for them in future ; but it is 

 impossible not to see, as new exigencies present them- 

 selves, where further reforms are required, and may be set 

 in motion. The suggestions made by me in this direction, 

 I have the gratification of knowing are generally approved 

 of by my angling friends on Tweedside. 



