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interest. The eastern part of the wall, 21 by 35 feet, may 

 possibly have been a portion of the ancient church ; but the 

 rest of the Avail has evidently been recently erected to inclose 

 some burial places. A number of tombstones are in the 

 kirkyard, the oldest legible being to James Purdie of Paxton, 

 1730. Another of 1772 has the following inscription : — 



" Here lyes John Runciman 

 Kept within 

 A prison close in 

 Adam's sin. But rests in 

 Glorious hope, that he 

 Shall by the second 

 Adam be set free." 



Another also of 1772 to John Trotter, has — 



"Vain world, farewell, enough I've had of thee, 



For now I'm careless what thou say'st of me : 



Thy smiles I want not, nor thy frowas do fear 1 , 



My cares are past, my bones lie quiet here, 



My crimes conspicuous, vain man avoid ! 



Thine own heart search and then thou'lt be employed." 



The Campbell Renton family still bury here. 



" From thence the party went to the caves recently opened 

 by Mr. Milne Home. The articles found in them were all 

 of comparatively recent date. They were exhibited last year 

 at the meeting of the Club at Eyemouth, and merely show 

 that tire place had been used as a distillery. In confirmation 

 of this, there is a tradition that a man named William Lover 

 sold spirits here about the year 1752. The caves have pro- 

 bably been formed by the action of the waves, at a former sea 

 level. They are now 160 feet, by the aneroid, above the 

 present tide mark. Immediately below is a circular dwelling 

 at the foot of the cliff, partly cut out of the rock, partly built, 

 and on the face of the rock may still be read, rudely carved, 

 the names of W. Lover, 1763, and John Hankis, 1767. 



" From the caves the party walked along the highly in- 

 teresting line of coast to Burnmouth, noting as they passed 



