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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



J>er\vick-on-T\veed buving been severed from the eounty and uttuchcd to 

 England, there is not a single large town. At CiMsfri'inii, on the Tweed, General 

 Monk, in 16()0, raised the regiment still called the Coldstream Guards. Earhton 

 and Laiu/cr are villages in Lauderdale. Cl/cni.su/c, near the confluence of the 

 two Adders, is the birthplace of David Hume. Liom', the largest town in the 

 county, though its population numbers less than 3,000 souls, is engaged in hand- 

 loom weaving ; whilst Greenhnc, on tlie Black Adder, though the county town, is 

 merely a small village with a fine county hall and gaol. Eijemouih, the only seaport 



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of the county, engages in the herring fishery. The coast to the north of it is 

 exceedingly wild. Two of its promontories are occupied by the lighthouse of 

 St. Abb's Head, and by Fast Castle, described as Wolfs Crag in the "Bride 

 of Lammermuir." The ravine of the Pease, or Peaths, descending to the coast, 

 is spanned by a singular bridge. 



The three counties which lie along the southern coast of the Firth of Forth 

 have been carved out of the ancient district of Lothian, and are hence still 

 frequently described as East, Mid, and West Lothian. 



