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EARLSTON PARISH Continued | Continued | the country is hilly: nor are any of its hills remarkable save one almost a mile South of the village, which is thought to bear some impressions of having been the site of a Roman encampment, and rises nearly 1000 feet above the level of the sea. There are two Rivers in the parish, the Eden & the Leader both of which have their Source in the Lammermoor & flow into the Tweed - And though neither of them be remarkable for breadth or depth or extent - Yet the Leader, on account of the beauty of its banks, has been justly celebrated in Scottish Song. Its windings between the hills of Carolside & through the classic grounds of Cowdenknowes till its waters at Drygrange are lost in the principal river of the South of Scotland form part of the scene of uncommon beauty |
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[Page] 2Parish of Earlston
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