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through it, stretching from Juniper Bank towards Ab- 

 botsford. The Ettrick joins Tweed near Selkirk ; and 

 Gala Water, which bounds the county to the north- 

 east, enters it a few miles farther down. The Ettrick has 

 a number of tributaries, all of them excellent. The 

 principal are Timah, Rankle Burn, Back, Faahope, 

 and Kirkhope Burns. On Yarrow, are Douglas and 

 Altrive Burns, both filled with trout. Selkirkshire 

 contains several lochs, among which St Mary's is the 

 choicest. The Loch of the Lowes produces good pike. 

 The other lochs are Clearburn, Hell Moor, Ale Moor, 

 Shaw's Loch, King's Moor, Oaker Moor, and Windy 

 Loch, some of them containing trout, others pike and 

 perch. 



The best fishing quarters are Clovenford Inn, on 

 the Cadon Water, and Riddel's Inn, Innerleithen. At 

 St Mary's Loch, good lodgings are easily procured, 

 especially at the upper end, where -there is a nice 

 cleanly cottage, provided with every requisite for the 

 angler, and kept by an industrious and obliging land- 

 lady, Mrs Richardson, the Tibby Shiels of one of the 

 Noctes in Blackwood. The Gordon Arms, and other 

 stations on Yarrow, along with the inn near the Hope- 

 houses, Ettrick, may also be recommended. Thescenery 

 in Selkirkshire is chiefly pastoral ; descending from the 

 hilly country, it assumes a more varied aspect, enchant- 

 ing the eye with the beauty and positions of its land- 

 scape. 



The most killing flies for St Mary's Loch, are black 

 hackles, and wings of the woodcock, teal, or mallard 

 feather ; a smallish fly, with hare's ear body, takes well 

 in calm weather ; red hackles are most efficient in au- 

 tumn, or after a heavy flood. Coaches from Edinburgh 

 pass through Selkirk at least twice in the day. 



