OP BORDERS FROM BERWIC, &c. 513 



Of the Inttrior Country wbub jtits tbe two King" 

 doms, ufually calltd the Bord :nding ; 



to the Solway Firtb. 



On leaving Bcrwic we, bid adieu to the eaftern 



fho; : > the neck of land which unites the 



Bricilh kingdoms, lending an extent of 



a ftraigh: line, to the k 

 firth, which falls into the wettcrn ocean. ! 



in Britifh hiftory for the bravery of 



the ints, w! exercifcs, 



by the freauent wars between t 1 Adorns, as 



booting inroads of individuals, com- 



pofed the flower of the Scottilh an ncrally 



the van, under the banners of chieftains, whole 



det admiration by all the 



f Europe. Thefc were the Douglaflcs, Scotts, 



Humes, Maxwells; names for- 



:i> royalty itfclf, and who fometimes 



(hook the throne, particularly in the reign of James 



II. wh-n r!u- earl of Douglafs marched againft his 



the head of 40, fomc fay 6o>ooo men. 

 The two kingdoms, not feparatcd by 



er, are nearly divided by a natural rampart called 

 the Cheviot hills, which ftretchcs in a fouth-weft di- 

 rcc to the Sol way firth. The 



abovc-meii ibitants on the Scottifh f 



were therefore cal! Cheviots on the border, 



and celebrated above all others for archer)'*. But 

 martial achievements were not the only characler- 



* Of whom an old Cong fa 



.r Cheviots - all the border 

 Were bow-men in good order, 

 Told coeroiei, cr f 



They roov'd, tbcyM uc'cr rctora." 



A other fcng begins with 



.?n of Ti\ lot , 

 Clofc by the river Tweed," 



iftic 



