OF THE BORDERS FROM BERWIC 



iftic of thefe boi Love and nuific fof r 



the noify found of ti to thole 1, 



we owe the gentle talcs of 1<> , d j n 



Twc( , and other pafto tln-ir 



K's from the rivers and hills of 



The mod confiderable of thefe rivers is the 



es at no great diftance f; 

 receives all the waters on th 



ns the Tiviot, the L( 'a, and the 



Yarrow. 



The Tweed feparatcs the two kingdoms f 

 Berwic to Coldftream, the diftance 14 n 

 , as at Berwic, one end of the bridge ftar. 

 England, and the c 



ing village on the Engliih fide is called Cornhill, 

 and that on the Scottii! im. 



Thofe who travel on the fouth fide of the r: 

 now quit Northumberland, and enter the dr.: 

 Roxborough, a large, and in general a fruitful, 

 county, flickered on the fouth by the Cheviot ; 



5 by many confiderable rivulet 

 fall into the Tiviot. The men of the prc 

 are generally robuft, and fond of reciting the gu 

 fates of their an ce dors. The bl early 



equal in fize to thofe of Northumberland, b\ 

 county is open, the farm-houfcs are mean, and the 

 country in general hath n-.ade little progrefs to\ 

 repairing the ravages of the Englifi; 

 (excepting Cromwell's exploits) two centu, 

 elapfed, fmce queen Elizabeth put an end to 

 defolating expeditions. 



The north fide of the Tweed, f; to 



Kelfo, hath the ma;. cent impixn , and 



excellent cultivation. 



The natural appearance of the country, rifing 

 gradually from the river, to the dif 3 or 10 



miles northwards, fets off thefe improvements to 

 great advantage, and here nature and art exhibit, 

 upon the whole, a profpect little inferior to the 



parts 



