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singular sort of trout ; the length of the fish being in 

 nowise great, while it possesses a remarkable thickness 

 and breadth, and is of a blackish colour. Dalmelling- 

 ton on the Doon is not a bad station for the angler. 



BERWICKSHIRE. 



The Blackadder, which flows through this shire, has 

 few equals in the south of Scotland for the fineness of 

 its trout. These are large and red-fleshed, being nou- 

 rished upon a mossy soil, well known to impart a high 

 colour to fish. Blackadder is mostly preserved ; salmon 

 seldom or never ascend it, preferring to its somewhat 

 sluggish water a quicker and more limpid stream. The 

 trout are capricious, and vary their food often, seemingly 

 without reason. Whitadder receives this water at Al- 

 lanton, a small village where the angler may obtain a 

 bed, and is well stored with trout, although much fished 

 and netted in the lower parts. The Leader, Eden, 

 and Leet, are within the shire, and afford, as all the 

 tributaries of Tweed do, excellent sport. Ey is the only 

 other river in Berwickshire which is worthy of notice : 

 it abounds in small trout, which cannot fail of pro- 

 ducing amusement to some anglers during the season. 

 Dunse, Greenlaw, and Coldstream, are the best quar- 

 ters for resort. There is an excellent inn also at Elm- 

 ford, on the Whitadder, and one or two on the Ey Wa- 

 ter. Besides these, the angler may have good quarters 

 at Lauder, Carfrae Mill, and Earlston, on the Leader. 



KIRKCUDBRIGHT. 



The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright abounds in streams 

 and lochs. Among the former, the Dee, the Ken, the 

 Cree, and the Urr, take the lead. These offer in 

 some parts excellent sport to the angler, containing 

 trout, salmon, and herlings in considerable quantities. 

 Of the lesser rivers, the Fleet, Tarf, Deugh, and Clu- 



