which the castle stands, a wide extent of the Tweed valley from the east is here disclosed to view. The village occupies a prominent place in a landscape of consummate beauty, presenting a combination of fertile slopes, green glades, undulating dales, and umbrageous woods, with the clear and placid waters of the Tweed winding through, and enhancing the beauty of the whole. At the entrance to the village, the footpath leads down to the grassy margin of the river, from the opposite bank of which a fine view is obtained of the ruined castle, with its towers rearing their grey and mouldering walls high above the variously tinted masses of foliage that shoot upwards from its steep acclivity. The castle is now a complete ruin. The walls,

where once

"Timing his footsteps to a march,

The warder kept his guard,
Low humming, as he paced along,
Some ancient border gathering song,"

are now crumbling beneath the iron hand of time; yet, proud in their desolation, still bid defiance to the elements; and the fabric presents one of the finest specimens of the feudal or baronial ruin to be found throughout the land. Besides the castle, Norham Church is also a place of some interest, from the style of its architecture, and the romantic beauty of its situation. The incumbent is the philanthropic Dr Gilly, one of the canons of Durham, author of "Vigilantius," "The Waldenses," "Our Protestant Forefathers," "The Peasantry of the Border," &c. Two miles below Norham Station we reach that of

VELVET HALL.

On the opposite bank of the Tweed is situated Paxton House, in which there is a numerous and valuable collection of paintings. The beautiful Union Suspension Bridge

TWEEDMOUTH STATION-BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.

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above Paxton House was designed and executed by the late Capt. Sir Samuel Brown, R.N., the inventor of the principle, in 1820. To the right of the line is East Ord Village; Ord House (J. Grieve, Esq.), at a short distance from which we reach

TWEEDMOUTH STATION,

23 miles; and the junction, with the main line from the south. A circuit round Tweedmouth also enables us to cross the Tweed, on a magnificent viaduct of 28 semicircular arches, 2000 feet long, and 130 above the stream, to

way,

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.

[Hotels, King's Arms, Red Lion, Hen and Chickens, Salmon Inn.] The fine station or terminus of the North British Railto which we are thus introduced, is situated at Castlegate, and on the very site of part of the castle ruins of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Some vestiges of the castle have been preserved on the point of the eminence projecting into the river, and down the declivity of which run a strongly fortified staircase to a water tower, under which passes "The Ladies' Walk" up the bank of the river. The castle is memorable for several tragic incidents. Amongst others, for the traditional fortitude, bravery and resolution of the governor, Sir Alexander Seton, in holding it out against the forces of Edward I., assembled on the opposite shore at Tweedmouth, when his sons, captured by the English tyrant, were executed at a spot still called "Hang-a-dyke neuk," on the other side of the river, before the eyes of the agonised parents, because of the governor's refusal to betray his trust. Not long ago two skulle, supposed to be those of the unfortunate youths, were dug up at the spot in question. The Countess of Buchan was, at a subsequent period, kept suspended in an

iron cage without the castle wall by King Edward, for having, as representative of her brother the Earl of Fife, placed the Scottish crown on the head of King Robert Bruce at Scone. Passing from the suburb of Castlegate, within the town itself, the tourist enters Marygate or High Street, at the Scotchgate—a place which has seen displayed the limbs and members of many a 66 pretty man," who went out in the '45. Right opposite, at the further extremity of the street, is the Town Hall, Jail, and Court House, a fine building, ascended by a broad flight of steps, and surmounted by a handsome steeple. Turning to the right at Scotchgate, a pathway leads on to the walls of the steep Bankhill, overhanging the Tweed at Cumberland Bastion. Hence a superb view is obtained of the river, the long bridge over the Tweed, now dwarfed in all its proportions by the still more superb railway viaduct-of Tweedmouth opposite of Spittal on the sands at the river mouth of the Heights of Scremerston beyond—and Holy Island and Bamburgh Castle, on the distant shore of the heaving ocean, checquered with sail and steam, and racing its "white horses" with broken crest over the protecting bar of sand. The circuit of the walls forms in this manner a delightful walk, and supplies a complete panorama of river, town, landscape, and marine scenery. There are several wide and well built streets within the walls. And the inns are famed for their excellent accommodations.

THE station of the North British coast line at Berwickupon-Tweed, has been appropriately constructed in the castellated style, in unison with the associations of its remarkable site. In starting from Berwick, the train crosses a portion of the Magdalen Fields, the property of the Duke of Northumberland, near the ruins of the Bell Tower, appertaining to the ancient ramparts, which seem to have included a larger area than the present fortifications. The Meadows of the Berwick Freemen (Ridpath's Fields), and the estate and house of Marshall Meadows-near which the line passes a precipice of 195 feet, overhanging the sea-succeed; and here the railway crosses the boundary line betwixt England and Scotland. To the left, stood the ancient church of Lamberton, the scene of James IV.'s nuptials by proxy to Margaret of England. In the intermediate hollow, Lamberton Toll-house, the notorious. Gretna Green of the eastern border, is situated. At the distance of five miles and a half from Berwick, we reach

BURNMOUTH STATION,

distant about two miles from

EYEMOUTH.

This small seaport is beautifully situated in a semicircular bay, at the mouth of the river Eye-the remarkable mass of conglomerate forming the bold bluff of Cromwell's Fort, on the one hand, and, in front, a protecting ridge of rocks, called the Harkers. The fort, first erected by the Duke of Somerset, in his expedition against Scotland, 1547, was shortly afterwards demolished by treaty; but, a few years after, rebuilt by the French Commander D'Oysel, for Mary of Lorraine; a second time demolished at the peace, it seems, nevertheless, to have caught the fine military eye of Cromwell, whose name it now retains, although the remains of its walls are very scanty, and the outlines of the fortification are only indicated by long grass - covered mounds. During the last century, and commencement of the present, the smuggling of brandy, gin, claret, and silks, was carried on to a surprising extent along this coast. The house of Gunsgreen (once a possession of the famous Logan of Restalrig) was built by two Eyemouth merchants, it is said, so as to be adapted for smuggling claret, by means of its subterranean cellars and passages, and an immense fortune amassed, by disposing of the contraband article to the Berwickshire gentlemen. It will be remembered that, amongst a certain class, no other wine was drank in Scotland. Most of the houses in Eyemouth are indeed alleged to be of similar construction, so that as much of the town is below as above ground. The present population of 1400 are more remarkable, however, for their industry in connection with the herring fishery, sending large quantities of produce to London. Near Eyemouth, the elegant mansion of Netherbyres, built by the late ingenious Captain Sir Samuel Brown, R. N., for his own residence, is worthy of notice. It is approached by a tension bridge over the Eye, 150 feet in span, and 9 feet wide. More