48 Valley of Tendring. 



Eccles, the seat of Mr. Maitland, is on the 

 opposite bank of the Nith, and a very short 

 distance from Drumlanrig. The fields are well 

 cultivated, and the hedges particularly beautiful. 



Nothing adds more to the embellishment of a 

 country than good fences, which are always an 

 indication of good husbandry $ in which Mr. 

 Maitland appears to have considerable merit. 



At the distance of a few miles we passed 

 through the valley of Tendring. The church 

 and village are charmingly situated, and the 

 sides of the hills luxuriantly skirted with wood. 



The road passes over a hill of considerable 

 elevation ; the ascent is steep, and the road so 

 bad as to be scarcely passable for a carriage. 

 To those who may be likely, hereafter, to take 

 this route* it may be a consolation to know it is 

 at present under repair. 



In all this district we observed the plough 

 had been employed, far above the elevation 

 which Dr. Coventry has assigned for the ad- 

 vantageous cultivation of corn. Six hundred 

 feet above the level of the sea is the height above 

 which he deems it inadvisable to sow grain. 



