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General Notes. 



Harefaulds. — There were shown to us by Mr Macdougal, 

 as already mentioned, on our way to Herrits Dyke, two 

 coins found at Harefaulds ; and one of these, a broad silver 

 piece, of Spanish currency, invited mental exercise from the 

 imaginative student of Scottish history. It was equal in 

 size though inferior in thickness to an English crown, and 

 bore clearly marked on one face the date 1639, and on the 

 other the arms of Philip IV. of Spain, encircled by the 

 collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 



Lauder Thatching. — Here was formerly a great thatching 

 industry, as Mr Craig Brown told us. Lauder was its 

 centre, and was in later years the last abode of professional 

 thatchers, who would be summoned hence to other places to 

 cover roofs in this picturesque fashion, which is now-a-days 

 almost obsolete. 



