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minister to proceed to his ordination the next Lord's day." Mar. 14. 

 " James Dauson was ordained and admitted to be an elder and received 

 by the Session." 



The interest to posterity of this reference to these worthy men 

 is that they were the ancestors of Mr William Dawson of Grraden, 

 who introduced the modern turnip husbandry into Roxburgh- 

 shire, and was otherwise a man of strong character and abilitj-. 

 He was born at Harpertoun, but at what period I have not 

 ascertained. 



Somewhere to the S.E. of the modern farm-house, on the south 

 side of the road, a place called " Girthridge hall " is placed in 

 1771, now unknown, except as the name of a field. 



On the boundary line of Eoxburghshire and Berwickshire, not 

 far from the public road, stood more than a century since (but 

 swept away now) a farm-place called Bangos, or Bangyswalls, 

 which the minister and session of Ednam once made an effort to 

 annex to their parish, as well as to Eoxburghshire. The fol- 

 lowing notices of the affair appear in the old Session Book of 

 Ednam. 



Jan. 27, 1691. " The minister informs the Session that the tenant in 

 Bangoswalls with the rest of the indwellers there refused to be examined 

 notwithstanding their being several times desired to attend. The Session 

 considering the affaire appoints the beddall to cite Eot Aitchison tenant 

 forsd to appear before the Session." March 16. "Eobert Aitchison being 

 cited and called thrice compeared not is ordered to be cited pro secundo. 

 March 27th. " The beddall having omited to cite Rot Atchison the Ses- 

 sion continues yi; appoyntt." Apr. 14. "Eobert Aitchison being cited 

 and called compeared and with him Mr William Hog his master and he 

 being interrogat why he did not submit to the ordinance of Jesus Christ 

 in this paroch seeing it is knowen that formerly it was a parte of this 

 paroch and the inhabitants there were admitted to all Church priviledges 

 in this paroch. Whereupon the said Mr William Hog answered (in name 

 of his tenant) and said that he denyed the steed of Bangas walls to be 

 any pairt of the paroch of Ednem and earnestly desired that the Session 

 would be pleased to referr it to the Presbetry and he would there give in 

 sufficient reasons why the forsd steed should not be a pairt of this paroch. 

 The Session considering the affaire judges it fite that it should be referred 

 to the Presbetery for determination." 



The general aspect of the country is a succession of flat spaces 

 and rolling ridges, running east and west. Several of the farm 

 houses are perched on the highest part of the ridges. On one of 

 these peaks — Kingsrig on Bartlehill farm — there are said to be 

 some artificial mounds, Kingsrig, I see, was a farm place in 

 1817, but is now a led-farm. 



