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" yes ! a,nd that's e'e time ; O yes ! and that's twa times; O yes ! an:I 

 that's theu'd and last time : All manner of pearson and pearsons whatso-e'ei* 

 let 'um di-aw near, and I shall let 'em kenn that their is a fair to be held 

 ftt the niuckle tomie of Langholm for the space of anght days ; wherein :i 

 any Hnstrin, Gastrin, Land-conper, Dnb-skimper, or Gang-the-gate-swinger 

 shall head anj'Urdain, Durdain, Rebblement, Brebblement, or Sqnebblement, 

 he shall have his lugs tecked to the muckle Trone with a nail of twal-a- 

 penny until he be doun of his hobshanks and up with his muckle doups, and 

 pray to Hea'n neen times, God bless the King, and thrice the muckle Laird 

 of Relton, paying a gi'oat to me, Jamie Ferguson, Baily of the aforesaidManor. 

 So you've heerd my proclamation, and now I'll awa' haam to mj' damier." 



Gentleman's Magazine. 



Fi'om Moodlaw to Langholm — The late Sir Frederick Johnstone — 

 Langholm and its Ej^e-laws — Langholm Lodge and its Bard — Hunting 

 — The late Lord John Scott ; his Racing Stud — A Crack with Terrona 

 on Cumberland Border Sires — Terrona's Poet — Mr. John Jardine and. 

 liis Greyhounds. 



HE Esk was down again by noon^ and, crossing it 

 once more, we followed it on the south side as 

 far as Langholm. There is more bent, and therefore 

 less feeding quality, on the hills beneath which it 

 flows than at Moodlaw ; and the valley, which occa- 

 sionally opens out into a series of holmes, is fringed 

 with plantations of beech, oak, and. fir, which steal at 

 intervals almost to the hill tops. With the exception 

 of a few West Highlanders and Galloways, we saw no- 

 thing but the shorthorn once more. Many of them 

 were Irish-bred stirks, which are gradually driving 



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