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parsons, joiners, doctors, tailors, publicans, and sinners 

 of all ranks and denominations, and of various grades of 

 wickedness ; enough to create sufficient disturbance to 

 drive off every living fish in the river. 



The whitling is occasionally caught in the Breamish, 

 and eriox ascend it in numbers in the autumn to spawn. 



Specimens of the beautiful silver-white a variety of 

 the common trout, having the belly of a brilliant silvery 

 hue, with pinkish white fins, and said to be only found 

 in the Tweed and its tributaries are not unfrequently 

 met with in the Breamish.* 



As a fly-fishing stream, the Breamish is difficult to 

 excel in the spring, from the middle of March to the 

 middle of May, before the supply of water becomes 

 scant ; or at any season after a fall of rain ; but in the 

 droughts of summer, the water gets so low, as to set all 

 angling operations at defiance. But again, towards the 

 autumn, when the trout are migrating upwards to the 

 spawning-grounds, excellent sport may be had. 



The Breamish takes its rise a few miles to the south- 

 west of Cheviot, and after descending in an easterly 

 direction for about eight or ten miles, emerges from the 

 mountain range through a wild and romantic gorge 

 called the Ingram Glitters, whence it pursues its course 

 north-east, through a highly cultivated and delightful 

 valley, winding like a snake basking in the sun among 

 the verdant haughs of Brandon, Hedgeley, and Beanley. 

 The latter ancient village was celebrated in the times of 



* It has been recently ascertained that the silver- white is the sea- 

 trout or whitling in the grilse state. 



