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border warfare as the residence of the Warden of the 

 Marches, being what was termed Inborough and Out- 

 borough between the rival kingdoms of England and 

 Scotland. A baronial court held here by the earls of 

 Northumberland only ceased to hold its annual sittings 

 about ninety years ago. Beanley can also .boast of its gal- 

 lows-law, now the site of a peaceful shepherd's cottage, 

 where doubtless in times past many a quivering culprit 

 expiated his offences. At least, the name is ominous 

 enough. After passing Beanley, the Breamish strikes 

 almost due north, and, on arriving at Bewick Bridge some 

 eight miles below Ingram, it assumes the name of Till. 

 As the waters in this river are but scanty, and its course 

 rapid over a clear gravelly bed, it is only after rain that 

 much sport can be expected, when first the minnow, and 

 then the fly, are used with much success ; while in the 

 droughts of summer almost nothing can be done, as its 

 shores are flat and shelving, and there is nothing to con- 

 ceal the person of the angler, otherwise he might pro- 

 bably succeed in obtaining an occasional dish with the 

 worm, caddis, or maggot, or by dipping with the natural 

 fly even in the finest water. The Breamish trout are 

 remarkably particular that the artificial fly should ex- 

 actly resemble the natural one upon the water at the 

 time. A shade or two of colour will make the difference 

 between an empty basket and a full one. 



About four miles above Ingram, the Breamish is joined 

 by the Linhope Burn, which runs into it from the north, 

 and at about a mile up this burn is the locally celebrated 

 Linhope Linn, dear to all the young belles in the neigh- 



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