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Several of the stones are lying flat, and others require to be 

 placed upright, and the surface should be levelled and rendered 

 decent. The boisterous wind prevented any of the inscriptions 

 from being copied. The place was even in a worse condition 

 when Dr George Henderson visited it on the 28th September 

 1847, when it was lying open. He mentions that an old font 

 stone was then lying "among the rubbish of the Kirk, the 

 ruins of which were thickly overgrown with nettles." (Scottish 

 Journal of Topography, vol. ii., p. 2.) 



George Paulin, the poet, a worthy man, formerly Rector of 

 Ayr Academy, was born at Horndean in 1812. He was one of 

 my College friends, and is still. He has written a small 

 volume of sweet lyrics. One of his early poems, entitled "The 

 Mother's Grave," which appeared in Johnstoneh Edinburgh 

 Magazine, 1834, p. 437, refers to a pathetic incident connected 

 with the "unwalled churchyard" of Horndean. Sergeant 

 David Brown wrote several poetical pieces of more than average 

 merit in the Scottish dialect. I have copies of several of his 

 productions. He was a crony of John Younger of St. Boswell's, 

 and was held in respect by his many country customers, for he 

 was originally one of several local weavers here, whose calling 

 the progress of power-loom mills extinguished. 



It had been intended to convey the party across to Norham 

 Castle by ferry-boat, but the river, which had already overflowed 

 its banks, and inundated the lower part of the haughs, forbade 

 the attempt being made. The carriages were amply sufficient, 

 and the Horndean division arrived opportunely just as Dr Waite 

 appeared to explain the different points of interest in the 

 church. The church has already been described in the Club's 

 volumes. It was stated that the head and the feet of the 

 knightly efl&gy at Norham, are probably modern, and that the 

 statue itself is of 15th century date, and not that of a 

 crusader.] 



The Castle also was visited, and afterwards the members and 

 friends dined together in the Public Hall at Norham, which was 

 profusely decorated with flowers, plants, flags, etc. The High 

 Sheriff of Northumberland, G. P. Hughes. Esq., Middleton 

 Hall, Wooler, was one of the company. After dinner, which 

 was provided by the ladies of Norham, the following toasts 

 were pledged :—" The Queen," "The Club," "The High 

 Sheriff of Northumberland." Mr Hughes proposed "The 



