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They say that you are now challenged if you 

 fish here, but I never was, and whenever I go 

 again, I hope to be used in the same way, especi- 

 ally as I fish only for trout and for sport, and 

 not for the pot. 



The Tweed is very wide and beautiful here, 

 having, by this time, swallowed up so many of 

 its tributaries, and I cannot do better to the 

 memory of my dear friend Alexander Hume 

 (who, a few years ago, published two small 

 volumes of Scottish Songs, etc., well worth read- 

 ing), than here quote from his song of the Tweed. 

 I like it much, and it is little known. The Tweed 

 has its origin 1500 feet above the level of the 

 sea, in a hill of Peeblesshire. The same hill 

 sends forth the rivers Clyde and Annan. 



SONG OF TWEED. 



' bonnie Tweed, rin on, and may you ever rin 



as clear 



As ye do now in loveliness, for mony a coming year ; 

 May ilka bonnie flower that blooms, may ilka 



blooming weed 

 That looks on you, plead to the sun for blessings 



on ye Tweed.' 



Leaving Kelso and going up the river, you 



