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396 dashing furiously close to it. Cornal Tower is on the other side of the water, and is also surrounded by thick wood, at the base of vast mountains. The drive through Annandale is very pleasant, as the river is a very fine one; and is for the most part ornamented by wood and some rocks on its banks, with a great diversity of mountains bounding the vale; but in twelve miles after I left Moffat, I quitted the beautiful Annan river for the dreary road to Lockerby, EcclefechanEcclefechan, [sic] Gretna, and Longtown.