THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



THE EASTERN BORDERS. 



' Nescio qua natale solum dulcediue cunctos 

 Ducit, et immemores non sinet esse sui." 



" Thou art my native land ! ' 



" The green glens and woodlands, 

 And streams o' ray ain countrie ! " 



X HE Eastern Borders comprehend the whole of Berwickshu-e^ 

 the Liberties of Berwickj North Durham, and the immediately- 

 adjacent parts of Northumberland and Roxburghshire. Together 

 they form a district of a nearly circular figure, about forty miles 

 in diameter, and bounded by a tolerably distinct outline, which 

 the eye can trace out from any commanding height within its 

 area. Thus to the south, and on the verge of the sea, Bambo- 

 rough Castle forms a conspicuous point, whence a ridge of ba- 

 saltic hills runs westward to the Warn burn at the foot of the 

 Spindlestone rocks*. The Warn leads us southwards, and 

 through cultivated grounds, to the village of Warnford; and 



* "The name appears to be derived from some insulated irregular 

 columns which project from the mass." See an account of these rocks by 

 Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart., in Wern. Mem. iv. p. 254. 



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