236 president's adbhess, 



" This was the hontynge of the Cheviat, 

 That tear began this spurne, 

 . Old men that knowen the grownde well yenougli 

 Call it the Battall of Otterburn, 



" At Otterburn began this spurne 

 Upon a moriiyn day, 

 Ther was the dougghte' Doglas slean, 

 The Perse never went away." 



The second day was commenced by a drive to Elsdon; but, 

 leaving the conveyances at Overacres, we struck across the moor 

 to visit an ancient British camp on a hill to the north. The 

 camp covers the entire crown of the hill, and the trench and 

 mound form an unbroken circle. On the way towards Elsdon, 

 we were most hospitably entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Horsley, 

 of Chirton House, who happened to be then staying with their 

 family at their beautiful little moorland residence of Ferney- 

 cleugh. Continuing the walk, we reached the Eectory House 

 at Elsdon, which, by the kind permission of the Rector, was 

 open to our inspection. It is a strong old Border tower, with a 

 circular stair at one corner. The lowest storey of the tower is 

 spanned with a large arch, and has been converted into an 

 elegant modern drawing-room. The walls are of immense thick- 

 ness, as shown by the bay window carved out of the wall at one 

 end of the room. On the front of the tower are the TJmfranville 

 Arms, with an inscription, "E. D de Rede," which Hutchinson 

 translates into "Robertus or Rogerus Dom de Rede," and which, 

 he thinks, refers to TJmfranville, lord of Prudhoe, who died 

 about the year 1325. Mackenzie tells us that "Redesdale at 

 the time of the Conquest was given to Robert de Ilmfranville, 

 on the condition of keeping it fi-ee from wolves and thieves : the 

 former were easily reduced, but the latter retained their ground 

 until a very recent period." 



The next visit was to the Church, which has recently been 

 restored with much good taste, and is a noble structure well 

 befitting the old town of Elsdon and its extensive parish, which 

 lays claim to a very high antiqviity, and is supposed to have 

 been a Roman town in the time of M. Aurelius Antoninus. The 



