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At Eskdale-muir Bridge we have 

 evidence of proximity to the axis, 

 for here north dips begin to mani- 

 fest themselves. 



There is a small burn which 

 joins the Esk, a little to the south 

 of Eskdale-muir Bridge, from the 

 east, called the K-ennel Burn ; and 

 in the course of this we have the 

 axis well developed (see fig. 1 ) ; 

 and here it consists of hard purple 

 grits intersected by veins of calc- 

 spar. From this locality it takes 

 a W.S.W. route ; and, crossing 

 the Esk, we have it displayed near 

 the road which connects Eskdale 

 with Annandale ; and, running 

 nearly parallel to this road, through 

 the farm of Twiglees, it enters the 

 parish of Hutton, and is here well 

 seen in the course of the Dryfe 

 Water about half a mile above Bor- 

 land Bridge. In this locality it is 

 seen in the form of an anticlinal 

 axis consisting of purple grits, like 

 those seen in Rennel Burn, and 

 having also the calc-spar veins 

 traversing them. 



In a small burn to the west, the 

 Shaw Burn, a short distance from 

 the Dryfe, the axis also makes its 

 appearance, and here it seems to 

 run in the direction of Shaw House. 

 In the other small burns, to the 

 westward, we have S.S.E. dips 

 obtaining, which indicate strata 

 occupying a position on the south 

 side of the axis ; but at a quarry 

 situated a short distance N.E. of 

 Newbiggin House, the N.N. W. 

 dips occur, pointing out strata on 

 the north side of the axis. In the 

 course of the Auchenrodden Burn, 

 in the parish of Applegarth, we 

 have evidence that the axis crosses 

 the higher portion of this stream ; 

 and here it makes its last appear- 

 ance on the eastern side of Annan- 

 dale ; the areaoccupied by the Corn- 

 cockle-muir sandstone coming on 

 immediately to the westward. 



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