literary history, to writers
of romance in search of traditions and local colour,
and to those of us also who indulge a passion for
collecting either as botanists or as geologists.
The rivers and streams have a rare fascination,
and anglers, having made their choice, can come
by all the sport which they desire. As to the hills,
they have a certain modesty of height deceptive
to the unwary, for although they have not won for
themselves a reputation for fatalities to be described
as Alpine, they are yet so dangerous when a mist
gathers about them and thickens, that a climber
may lose his life there quite comfortably, and
without enjoying more than the customary amount
of rashness or inexperience. Briefly, men may
find in the Border Country nearly all their hobbies,
and nearly all their professional studies.

In this book the historical notes are written
by one who lives by the Tweed, and whose name
is associated with Border subjects. Mr. Crockett's
work is filled with the Past, while the outdoor
sketches by Mr. Orrock are at once so faithful
topographically, and so much in sympathy with the
classic traditions of English Water-Colour, that
they show us what the Border Country is to-day,
when seen through the medium of a painter's
observation and knowledge.

W. SHAW SPARROW.

CONTENTS

Page

Title Page. By David Veazey 3

Dedication Page 5

Preface. By Walter Shaw Sparrow 7

Contents 12

IN THE BORDER COUNTRY
BY W. S. CROCKETT

Page

I. Introduction 17

The Making of the Border 23

The Christianizing of the Border 26

Border Warfare 36

II. The English Border: Northumberland 44

"Merrie Carlisle" 60

III. The Tweed and Its Associations 75

IV. "Pleasant Teviotdale" 94

V. In the Ballad Country 105

VI. The Leader Valley 117

VII. Liddesdale 124

PLATES IN COLOUR BY JAMES ORROCK, R.I.

FRONTISPIECE.
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