26 THE VALE OF GALA. 



Blanche.' l There is here good accommodation 

 at Riddle's Inn, and, if the angler is desirous of 

 staying a week or two in this celebrated water- 

 ing place, there are plenty of good lodgings to 

 be had in the village, said to be the St Ronan's 

 Well of Sir W. Scott's Novel. But to confine 

 myself to fishing operations : we have the pool, 

 at the confluence of the Leitheii and Tweed, 

 then the Weaver's pool, a right good salmon 

 one. The trout fisher must not pass over the 

 water between these two pools, without giving 

 the trout a call. The next salmon pool is Juniper 

 Bank, then the Bar pool capital at some times 

 for both salmon and trout. There are some 

 good pools on the estate of Mr Ballantyne of 

 Hollylee, which, in compliance with his polite 

 notice requesting no angler to fish opposite his 

 house, you should pass over quickly. Although, 

 had I been a country gentleman, lonely, and 

 gazing at times out on the river, I would have 

 been but too happy to see a few honest anglers 

 at then* sport. Conforming to his request, you 

 pass on, and the next pool for trout and salmon 



1 In 1837 I took a bit of this old bush. It is now, I 

 am told, all gone and decayed ; but a new bush is planted 

 in the same place. 



