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KELSO [Parish] | Kelso (Parish) | Continued [from page 1] and as the parish stretches longitudinally in a direction at right angles to the river, so as to form a transverse section of the vale of the Tweed, its topographical features necessarily embrace both dale and upland, and exhibit the varied character inseparable from the scenery of a wide & beautifully-diversified Valley - In the Northern division, the Country gradually rises from the rivers edge, in a series of undulating ridges nearly parallel to each other and to the river; while, in the Southern, the general slope of the ground, which also gradually rises as it recedes from the Tweed, - is modified both by the precipitous character of the river-banks, and by the Valley on the West, through which the Teviot pours its tributary waters into the Tweed - Viewed from the distant heights [Continued on page 3] |
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[page] 2Parish of Kelso
[signed] W Beatty
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