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at Learmouth, and a swamp in the level country, which yields 

 Lastrea thelij2)teris, Cladium mariscus, Cicuta virosa, and Carex 

 limom. Along the whole course of the main stream, on the 

 southern side, the elevation is under 300 feet, and the country 

 well-cultivated and fertile. The Till in its lower part is about 

 midway between the sea and the western border, and nearly 

 parallel with both, a sluggish stream of considerable size, wind- 

 ing lazily amongst the meadows and corn-fields, overhung by 

 willows and alders, with neighbouring swamps full of Equiaetum 

 limosiim, &parganium^ Iris, and Carex vesicaria. This is the 

 character of the stream for nearly 20 miles. From this culti- 

 vated flat on the west the Cheviot mass rises up abruptly, and 

 on the east the sandstone range rises up, also with considerable 

 abruptness, to shelter it from the sea breezes, moor-like above 

 and the flank wooded past Eglingham, Bewick, and Chilling- 

 ham, but becoming lower and greener at Doddington and Lowick, 

 and, still further northward, becoming gradually almost lost in 

 the level country as it nears the Tweed. Titlington Pike, the 

 highest point of this range above Eglingham, is 765 feet in ele- 

 vation ; Eoss Castle, the highest peak of the whole range, a 

 heather -clad height above the pleasant park of Chillingham, 

 which stands out conspicuously in all the Cheviot views, is 1036 

 feet. Black Heddon, a few miles further north, is 646 feet ; but 

 the stream from the west side of this runs down into the sea 

 direct, not into the Till. The village of Lowick, which is just 

 upon the watershed midway between Wooler and Berwick, is 

 not more than 400 feet in elevation. The multiplicity of names 

 for the streams in this region puzzles a stranger. The Bremish 

 is only another name for the main Till stream before it emerges 

 from the hills. This main branch rises in the very heart of the 

 Che"viot mass, close upon the county boundary. The upper part 

 is shut in between two huge masses of hill, Cheviot itself rising 

 to a height of 2676 feet upon the north, and Weather Cairn and 

 Cushat Law on the south to 1836 feet and 2019 feet. Prom the 

 hanging stone at the south-east corner of Cheviot, a spur of high 

 hill runs nearly 10 miles due east parallel with the Breamish over 

 Hartside and Eeveley. The principal farm-houses of the upper 



