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Passing out of the cutting, the old toll-house of Broadloan 

 was noted on the left, the place having for some time pre- 

 viously been used as a dairy. Bere the sanitary arrangements 

 became congested, resulting in the milk becoming of a fever- 

 producing character. From the official medical report since 

 issued, it appears that in the town of Kelso the epidemic of 

 typhoid or enteric fever spread from this dairy — to which it was 

 clearly traced — broke out on the 19th May 1893, and attacked 

 seventy-three persons, eight of whom died, several of the in- 

 dividuals affected having only on one occasion taken a drink of 

 the milk. The average duration of sixty-five of the cases was 

 about five weeks. Fifty-two persons were seized in the first 

 three weeks after the first outbreak, and in several instances 

 more than one of a family were laid down at the same time. 



The road now led through the lands of Kaimknowe farm, and 

 attention was drawn to where the turnpike intersects the kaim, 

 and to the serpentine twistings of the latter. Presently Newton- 

 Don lodge was reached, but the vehicles were driven onwards 

 for a short distance in order to afford the company an opportunity 

 of getting from the bridge over the Eden a choice glimpse of 

 Newton-Don mansion and the finely-terraced knoll on which it 

 is built. The coQsiderateness of this provision, as well as the 

 swiftly passing panoramic view of a scene of enchantment, 

 elicited praise on all sides, though perhaps more was felt than 

 was expressed, for the company was by no means marked by 

 exuberance of sentiment. In passing, after the vehicles had 

 turned, not a few snatched a glance at Kelso curling ponds, 

 which in winter often afford greatly relished and frequently 

 exciting exercise on the ice. 



After passing into Newton-Don grounds the vehicles were 

 vacated at the pond. The company were then taken in hand by 

 the proprietor, Mr C. B. Balfour, who led them through the 

 policy towards what was known to be the site of " Little Newton," 

 though no vestige of it now remains above ground. Stone 

 coffins and human remains have been dug up on slightly elevated 

 ground in the immediate vicinity, where it is conjectured the 

 church or chapel and the churchyard were situated. It could 

 not with certainty be said to what other " town " in the vicinity 

 this " new town " had relation ; but the conjecture was hazarded 

 that it might be Nenthorn. Newtonlees, which is on the estate, 

 and where the late Mr Andrew Brotherston once found the 



