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He mairclit on still through Harlowhill, 



The colours ower him flyin ; 

 The gewgaws an' tin-whussils played, 



There he left the lassies cryin. 

 The last teyme ever he was seen 



Was on the banks o' Ruel, 

 Shootin hip hurray, noo clear 'the way, 



I'm gaun to feycht a Duel. 



EKD OF THE CONTROVERSY. 



CROSSING THE CHEVIOTS. 



On the 8th of August, 1879, I went off to see 

 my brother at Ford. Away up the Reed, by 

 Otterburn, Bennett's Field, Steward Shields, 

 Coquetside, up by Shillmoor, and from thence up 

 the glen of the Usway to Usway Ford, where I 

 stayed all night. In the morning it was a dark 

 mist, and the herd got the horse and set me to 

 Cocklaw Foot. My line was across the Cheviot, 

 but as Henshole was enveloped in a misty cloud, 

 my pilot strongly advised me not to venture over 

 the heights, and as he had it, " It's a ruggit 

 track ony way, and in the mist it's a thousand 

 chances to ane again ye, as yer maist seer to get 

 lost ; but I can set ye on a safe track doon the 

 Bowmont and roon by Yetholm." And as I was 

 in a " swither " I took his advice. On arriving 

 at Yetholm I inquired of a fair-haired lassie if 



