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large trout, is graphically described by Sir Walter 

 Scott, in his Marmion. 



" Lone St. Mary's silent lake. 



Nor fen nor sedge 



Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge. 

 Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink 

 At once upon the level brink ; 

 And just a trace of silver sand 

 Marks Vfhere the waters meet the land, 

 For in the mirror bright and blue 

 Each hill's huge outline you may view, 

 Shaggy with heath but lonely bare ; 

 Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake is there, 

 Save where of land yon slender line 

 Bears 'thwart the lake the scattered pine. 

 Yet even this nakedness has power, 

 And aids the feelings of the hour ; 

 Nor thicket, dell, nor copse you spy, 

 Where living thing concealed might lie. 

 There's nothing lelt to fancy's guess : 

 You see that all is loneliness. 

 And silence aids : though the steep hills 

 Send to the lake a. thousand rills, 

 In summer-tide so soft they weep, 

 The sound but lulls the ear asleep ; 

 Your horse's hoof-tread sounds too rude. 

 So stilly is the solitude." 



The Teviot is a large river, and runs through almost 

 the entire extent of Eoxburghshire. It is a fine fishing 

 stream, and it has many tributaries, such as the Allan, 

 the Slitrig, the Jed, and the Kale, in which there is an 

 abundance of trout. The Teviot enters the Tweed 

 about a mile above the town of Kelso. 



From Kelso to Berwick, a distance of about twenty 

 miles, and which can now be traversed by railway, 

 there are many splendid fishing stations, where both 

 salmon and trout can be readily captured with the fly. 

 The most important feeder to the chief river, within 

 this distance, is the river Whifadder, which enters it 

 about five miles west of Berwick. This is a much 

 frequented river by North of England anglers, who find 

 an abundance of sport in its waters during the whole of 

 the fishmg season, The trout are numerous, though 



