204 Report of Meetings for 1888. By J. Hardy. 



hill above the waste of Tarras, with the detached green hill of 

 Tinnis, the final outlier of this front range. Then rose to the 

 east the great Liddesdale peaty-looking fells ; Peel Fell having 

 the pre-eminence ; the others were the Larriston and "Riccarton 

 hills. Small wreaths of mist like strayed sheep rested on their 

 slopes or -curled round the peaks, and then momently dis- 

 appeared. The Brampton Fells came into view, in a brown mass 

 beyond swelling ground to the south. The Cumberland hills 

 were swathed in mist to-day, but Skiddaw and Saddleback had 

 been visible on the previous evening from the Priory Hill near 

 Canonbie Station. Not far off, the road to the Bewcastle district 

 and Nichol forest was very marked passing up to a bush on a 

 hill, which was all minutely cultivated, and sub-divided by fences. 

 Mr Bowie has kindly favoured me with an itinerary of the day's 

 work, which I shall follow and occasionally enlarge. Passing 

 Riddingshill farm on the left, we ceased walking. A carriage 

 engaged from Canonbie took us up at the small village of 

 Blackloaning-end, and then turned eastward passing the farms 

 of Barns and Glendinning-rigg on the right, and the farms of 

 Dykehead and Beyond the Wood, and Penton Bridge Inn on the 

 left. At the Inn an excellent luncheon was partaken of, which 

 had been provided by Mr Amos the landlord, who had received 

 previous notice. From the engravings and notices on the walls, 

 greyhound coursing, and horse races appeared to be much in 

 vogue hereabouts. From the turnpike road leading to the inn, 

 the hills of Carbie and Greena on the east, and Harelaw or 

 Harlaw, with Tinnis andWhita &c, on the north were distinctly 

 seen. Harlaw, a swelling rounded hill, lay in front of us, much 

 divided by hedge-rows. This was once the possession of the 

 notorious Hector Armstrong,* who in 1569 betrayed Thomas 



* Sadler's State Papers and Letters by Sir Walter Scott, II,, p. 100, 

 note ; the editor hesitates whether he should not be called Graeme. 



In the list of " The Rydors and Ill-doers upon the Borders, of date 1563 

 (printed in the Trans, of Border Club, part I.,) and therefore almost con- 

 temporary, we have " Hector Annestronge of the Harlawe, and his freinds 

 and allyes." 1. " Hector Armestronge called Ould Hector. 2. Hector, 

 his sonne called Younge Hector, maried Fargus Grame's daughter." This 

 shows the near kinship of the Armstrongs and Graemes, but the latter had 

 no possession here. There were other 5 Armestrongs at Harlaw, (p. 42.) 

 " Fargus Grame " was brother of " Riche Grame of Netherby." There 

 was another alliance, Will Grame of the Fald, a son of Will Grame of the 

 Fald, who was a brother of " Old Riehe's " " maried Hector Armestronge's 

 daughter of Harlowe," (p. 53.) 



