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Rh There are medicinal wells, or Spa, within a mile of the town; and there is, worth seeing, a cataract, called the Grey Mare's Tail. Two miles before you reach Moffat you cross the Moffat Water; and two miles after you leave the town, in going south, you will cross another branch of the River Annan, which, when united to the Moffat Water, and other branches, takes the name of Annan, then flows on to the foot of Annandale, and falls into Solway Firth, by the town of Annan.

From Moffat to Lockerby, 16 miles. A very bad inn. At Ecclefechan, also, there is a bad inn; and it is a poor town too.

From Lockerby to Longtown, 20 miles.

I rather chose to go on to Longtown than stop at Gretna; because, in 1796, I paid a shilling a mile in England, and in Scotland fourteen pence; but if no such objection should exist, it will be best to change horses at Gretna Green, unless you propose sleeping at Longtown, where there is a very nice inn. The inn which is called the Hall, at Gretna Green, looks a spacious good house.