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bridge with its surly porter and closed gate, the site of which is still 
known as “Bridge End.” From one point to another in the surrounding 
fields can be seen the route from Glendearg to Avenel Castle (Smailholm), 
passing between Cowdenknowes and the Black Hill of Earlston on the one 
hand and Drygrange and Bemersyde on the other, with the Eildons and 
Cheviots forming middle distance and background to a fair prospect. 
Thus there was much to attract, and here John Rankine rejoiced as host, 
and delighted to gather round him the members of his own family in its 
different branches and his many friends. And it was to Threepwood 
that he went in July 1922, after the resignation of his chair, and fully 
expected to spend the summer there as usual. But in a very few days 
he was taken seriously ill, and died on the 8th of August. 
