iBoo. during a '^cur through England. 33 



of it ; but I cannot help remarking, that I was particularly 

 ftruck with the garden-like culture of Eaft Lothian; which 

 fliews what may be accomplifhed by a fpirited and independ- 

 ent tenantry. This diftrict has long been famous in the an- 

 nals of Scotland for fuperiority in rural fcience ; and the ap- 

 pearance of the couDtry fufficiently proves that the prefent 

 poUelTors are not behind their forefathers in profefTional know- 

 ledge. It was here that Summer-fallow was firft pra<5lifed 

 north of the Tweed ; and, indeed, almoft all our modern im- 

 provements were ufed by the cultivators of this favourite fpot, 

 before they were introduced into other parts of Scotland. I 

 have at different times examined the husbandry of England, 

 and, with a few exceptions, can fafely fay, that it is not fu- 

 perior to that of this fmall, but fertile diilri(£l. I wifh moil 

 fmcerely that the proprietors may continue to cherifli and en- 

 courage fuch an active and ufeful clafs of men as the prefent 

 poffeflbrs, by giving them fuitable leafes, upon fair and rcafon- 

 able terms ; and am inclined to think, that a great deal of its 

 prefent flourifhing condition may be attributed to the liberal 

 fyftem of connexion hitherto preferved betwixt landlord and 

 tenant ; which has afforded to the one an extent of rent not 

 exceeded in any part of Great Britain, while the other has 

 not been depreffed, nor limited in the means for cultivating 

 and improving the ground to almoft its utmoft extent. 



After paffing Dunglafs bridge, we entered the parifli of 

 Cockburn's path, in the county of Brr-wick, which is equally 

 well cultivated with the conterminous country. That beau- 

 tiful piece of architecture, the Peafe-bridge, next came under 

 our examination, which will be a lading monument to the me- 

 mory of the celebrated Henderfon. The old tower of Dun- 

 glafs (lands near the bridge ; and here the Earl of Haddington 

 and a number'of the Eaft Lotliian gentry, were blown up by 

 gunpowder in the year 1640. The circumftance is mentioned 

 by feveral hiftorians •, and I ftate it here, with a view to cor- 

 redl an error in Pennant's Tour, which has remained hitherto 

 undetecEled. This generally correal and well informed tourift, 

 defcribes this melancholy bufinefs as taking place at Dunglafs 

 upo/i Clyde ; which affords caufe to prefume that in fome cafes 

 he did not collecl his materials upon the fpot, but took them 

 from record, and that, in this initance, he was led aftray by 

 the fimiUrity of names. 



The higher grounds which we afcended after paffing the 

 Peafe-bridge, can hardly be fuppofed fufceptible of any kind 

 of improvement ; and, till we arrived at the Prefs-Inn, the coun- 

 try within our view appeared a bleak and uncultivated wafte. 

 ..From the Piefs-Inn to Berwick, the foil gradually turns better; 



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