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shaws ; the stream, however, runs small here ; when it 

 arrives at the Crook Inn, it assumes a broader and fuller 

 appearance, and good fly-fishing may be said to com- 

 mence at this station. From here, down to the town of 

 Peebles, there is a regular succession of fine streams and 

 stretches of deep water, to which no pen can do any- 

 thing like justice in the way of description. There are 

 numerous places for temporary refreslunent within this 

 distance. 



Between the source of the Tweed and Peebles there 

 are three tributary streams, the Biggar Water, the Lyne, 

 and the Manor. There is good fishing in these when 

 the waters are in fair order. 



From Peebles to Kelso the Tweed increases in bulk 

 considerably; and here the sabnon, and the salmon- 

 trout, are to be met with in much greater quantities 

 than in the higher portions of the water. In this 

 section of the main river there is splendid fishing, and 

 a regular succession of very beautiful landscapes, which 

 cannot fail to gratify the man who has a taste for rural 

 scenery. There are three great tributaries to the Tweed, 

 between Peebles and Kelso, which the angler should 

 visit, because they are not only splendid trouting waters, 

 but they are closely connected with many historical 

 events of the kingdom. These are the Ettrick, the 

 Yarrow, and the Teviot. 



To reach the two first streams, the traveller should 

 make his way to the town of Selkirk. This will bring 

 him to the Yarrow at once, and within three or four 

 miles of the Ettrick, which falls into the Yarrow a little 

 above this town. The Ettrick is a fine trouting river, 

 and an extremely interesting one to a contemplative 

 pedestrian who may ramble down its banks. The trout 

 here are very numerous, and readily take any fly when 

 in the humour. There are likewise some lakes in this 

 vicinity in which there are fine large trout, pike, and 

 other bottom-fish. 



A ramble up the Yarrow from Selkirk is delightful. 

 It flows through. St. Mary's Loch, which the tourist 

 should visit. This sheet of water, which is full of fine 



