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is Howgate, at Thornilee, in the parish of Inner- 

 leithen, and county of Selkirk. All the while 

 you are coming down from Innerleithen you 

 have the celebrated Ettrick Forest on the south 

 side of the river, which extends from this to the 

 Yarrow, famous in story and in Scottish song ; 

 and, no doubt, in anticipating some old feud of 

 the border one of them runs thus, 



' Sister, sister, I dream'd a dream, 

 I hope it won't breed sorrow ; 

 I dream'd that your true love and mine, 

 Lay sleeping sound on Yarrow.' 



This is on the estate of Stow, and the lands are 

 farmed by Mr Roxburgh, who can cast a capital 

 line for salmon, for I never saw him descend to 

 trout. Next is Elibank Boat Pool for trout. 

 The old castle, the scene of the story- of Muckle 

 Mouth'd Meg, stands just above the house where 

 the late Eagle Henderson lived, and few ever 

 spent an evening with him that soon forgot it, 



' Ah ! memory, whither art thou straying? ' 



I well remember spending an evening here, and 

 when put ashore, as I supposed, on the bank, I 

 stepped up to the middle in Tweed. Below 



