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" And we will pu' the bell sae blue, 

 And the gowan opening free, 

 Wi' the red, red tinge aroun its fringe 

 On the links o' Linhope lea." 



Scott Riddell. 



The Links of Linhope Lea — Moss Paul Inn — The Wisp Club and its 

 Objects — Scott of Priesthaugh — Old Lymecleuch — His Weighing 

 Match — His Opinion of an Orator's Attitude — Sheep and Shepherd 

 Losses — Mr. Aitchison on Mountain Hay — Sheep Management — 

 Davie Kyle — Yeddie Jackson — Dandie Dinmont. 



^^1 et's awa' and see the tups/^ is the unvarying 

 ^ watchword on *^the wild green links" of 

 '' The Dales/' and we cheerfully obeyed it when 

 Malakhoff was once more only marking in dreams. 

 Our route was up Teviotdale, with The Doctor and 

 ^' The Dwarfs to beguile the way, past meadows blue 

 with wood-pigeons, and Borthaugh, dear to Will 

 Shore and '^ the Bold Buccleuch/^ ^neath the beeches 

 of Branksome Tower, where " The Gover" won 

 and his foeman fell a few yards from the post. At 

 Branxholm Bridge, there opened on us the wide, rich 

 meadows of the Teviot Valley, in which lies Johnny 

 Armstrong, the great Border Heiver, happily un- 

 conscious of the dairy herd and half-bred sheep all 



