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from Haddington to the sea, examining every mill-dam ami mill-lade on 
the river, and likewise the natural obstruction caused by the Falls at East 
Linton, which appear, at some former period, to have been partially 
blasted, with a view of facilitating the ascent of salmon and sea-trout. 
This, however, has not been thoroughly done, and the Falls still offer a 
serious obstacle to the passage of the migratory salmonidse. 
The whole of the sewage of Haddington is discharged into the Tyne, 
and there is a skinnery on the outskirts of the town, near Nungate Bridge, 
which is a further source of pollution. On the whole, however, the river 
is not very badly polluted. 
Between Haddington and East Linton there is not much good spawning 
ground, the river for the greater part of the way being still and deep, 
with occasionally fine streams. But above Haddington, on the main 
stream and its tributaries — the chief of which are the Gilford and the 
Salton Water — there is abundance of fiue gravelly spawning ground. 
There are no hecks on any of the lades belonging to the mills on the Want of Hecks 
Tyne between Haddington and East Linton, a distance of about 8 miles MilMades. 
by the windings of the river. None at the intake, none at the tail lade, 
none above the mill wheel, so that the Byelaw (Schedule G) regulating 
' the construction and use of mill dams or lades, or water-wheels,' and the 
decision following thereupon in the case of ' Kennedy v. Murray, 8th July 
* 1869,' are entirely ignored and set at defiance. 
Gimmers Wool Mill, near Haddington, like most of the mills on the 
Tyne between Haddington and the sea, abstracts, through the intake lade, 
the greater part of the water in the river, when the river is low after a 
long course of dry weather, so that the bed of the stream, between the 
intake and tail-lades, is left almost dry, to the great detriment of the 
fishings. Another most serious injury to the fishings is caused by the 
neglect of the Byelaw (Schedule G) above referred to, owing to which, 
the lades connected with the mills being left entirely without hecks, and 
the tail-lade often pouring into the river a most tempting stream for fish 
to ascend, it inevitably results that the fisli, instead of going up the 
river, enter the tail-lade, and are either killed by the mill wheel or 
captured by poachers in the lade. 
At Amisfield, a short distance below Haddington, there is a dam 
which forms a most serious obstruction to the passage of fish. This dam 
is not connected with any mill, but appears to have been constructed 
for the purpose of forming an ornamental sheet of water in front of the 
park at Amisfield. It is at least 9 feet in height, and has a Yevy steep 
face. On the right bank there is a })lace where fish occasionally get up. 
But their passage might be greatly facilitated without any injury to the 
dam. As already stated, this dam has no connection with any mill or 
manufactory ; it is an obstruction pure and simple. 
The byewash sluice below Abbey Bridge, it was stated to me, is used 
as a fish-trap. 
The dam at Sandys jVIill is no great obstruction. lUit the intake lade 
in low water, such as there was when I inspected the Tyne, takes away 
an undue proportion of the water in the stream. The lade here supplies 
two mills. 
The finest fishing water on the Tyne between Haddington and East 
Linton is, undoubtedly, that known as Hailes Water, a stretch of about 2 
miles of alternate streams and pools ; amongst which the (.'astlo Pool, 
beneath the picturesque old ruin of Hailes Castle, is conspicuous. Another 
good pool is that known as Tii)pie Linn, where the river is 17 feet deep. 
At East Linton is the chief natural obstruction on the Tyne, consisting Fall at East 
of a great barnei- of rooks of considerable h«Mght, stn't^liing right across Linton. 
