300 THE BOWMONT. 



THE BOWMONT. 



The next river is the Bowmont, which takes its 

 rise from a spur of the Cheviots, in Koxburghshire, about 

 ten miles east of Jedburgh, and a few miles to the south- 

 west of Yetholm, which it passes, and then pursues an 

 easterly course until it reaches Kirk-Newton, in Nor- 

 thumberland, where it receives the College, a small 

 river, or rather stream, descending directly from the west 

 end of Cheviot, and then assumes the name of Glen ; 

 under which name the united waters flow for five or six 

 miles farther due east, until they reach the Till, at 

 Ewart. The whole united courses of the Bowmont and 

 Glen cannot much exceed twenty-five miles. 



The whole of the Bowmont is a fine, clear, streamy 

 water free from encumbrances of any kind. Above 

 Yetholm, though rather scant of water in dry weather, it 

 contains an abundance of fine streams, well stocked with 

 medium-sized trout, and is surrounded on all sides by 

 fine green hills, constituting the best highland sheep- 

 walks in Britain. After a moderate fall of rain, the 

 angler, in search of an agreeable excursion, cannot do 

 better than visit this locality, both as regards sport 

 and delightful pastoral scenery. 



After passing Yetholm, the Bowmont pursues an 

 easterly course, through a highly cultivated warm valley, 

 and is an excellent fishing water either for the fly-fisher 

 or the minnow-spinner after a freshet, besides having 

 some good casts for the worm. While at Canna Mill, 

 about half a mile above Kirk-Newton, there is a deep 



