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15th October 1696, Dorothy Proctor of Shawdon. — I have notes 

 of marriage settlement dated 2nd October 1696. I take it that 

 the inscription reads thus : — 



Storey 



Fergus Dorothy 



16 97 



and that the house was rebuilt or re-edified for the young couple." 



The party next made their way to Harehope pond, proceeding 

 along the south bank and crossing the east embankment, and 

 then gathered in a group, while Mr Tait gave a short address 

 descriptive of some peculiar features not generally noticed, about 

 Harehope pond. 



The extent was about 4f acres, depth at sluice 7 feet, but in 

 the middle the depth was 18 feet ; several small islets of peat 

 were dotted about in the water, but these often shifted their 

 position and drifted about, according as the depth of water 

 and the force of the wind varied. A rather curious incident 

 happened just five weeks ago, during the lambing season ; — a 

 black-faced ewe swam to one of these islets and gave birth 

 to two lambs, and it was necessary to procure a boat and bring 

 the trio ashore. 



Of much greater interest, however, were the two streams with 

 only a few yards between them ; but here they took very 

 different courses ; that on a little lower level was the Eglingham 

 burn, this on a higher level was the feeder to the pond, but was 

 diverted from the main stream higher up, at the west end of 

 Langside hill. The burn supplied the motive power to Egling- 

 ham Miilfthe other kept the pond filled, partly for pleasure, 

 and it also furnished power to the farm thrashing machine ; the 

 burn ran to the Aln and so into the sea at Alnmouth ; the mill- 

 race into, and from the pond, ran to the Breamish and eventually 

 to the sea at Tweedmouth. 



After this diversion was made from the main stream, it often 

 occurred that in dry seasons the whole burn was dammed and 

 turned into the pond, thus causing great annoyance and in- 

 justice to the millers of Eglingham. This eventually led to an 

 arrangement between the landlords of the two estates — Harehope 

 and Eglingham. 



A stoue sill was put in at the outflow from the burn, and 

 whatever water flowed over it at any time, came to the pond, 

 and the Harehope proprietor, or his tenant, had the additional 



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