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2 -- Eyemouth Parish -- William Beatty

Eyemouth (parish) -- Eyemouth parish

at the Crimels in Coldingham parish at the bay of Killiedraught and at Eyemouth. At the Crimels and Killiedraught, roads have been formed at considerable expense, which are used for transporting to the adjoining lands, the sea-weed, or ware, which is ashore after Stormy weather; but it is only at Eyemouth that the wall-like precipices, by which the Coast is begirt, are interrupted, and that a safe and commodious access is obtained to the shore - The bay of Eyemouth is formed by the promontory of the fort; and by the projecting point of Gunsgreen and is protected in front by a remarkable ridge of rocks called The Hurkers, round either extremity of which Vessels pass in approaching the harbour. The position of these rocks, it is said suggested to Government the idea of uniting them to the Main land by cones or buttresses, according to the plan practised at Cherbourg; but the vast expense, which would be necessary for that purpose, and the very limited extent of anchorage which, after all, would be afforded, have caused the project, if ever seriously entertained, to be abandoned; and the bay is now only resorted to by Vessels waiting the flow of the tide to enable them to pass into the harbour - Its outline is exceedingly graceful, sweeping round the bases of the houses in a semicircular form, from the harbour to the rocks on the opposite side; and, on account of gentle slope and gravelly bottom, it is much resorted to by bathers in the summer season ---
The only stream of any consequence is the Eye, a small but very ornamental river, which, at the south eastern corner of the parish, receives as a tributary the "Ale" - a rivulet, which, flowing for some miles through a valley, occasionally deep and picturesque, forms the southern boundary of the parish The highest tides reach about half a mile above the mouth of the Eye,--
There are no Lakes or Cascades, nor are the springs in any respect worthy of particular notice ---