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78 and not interesting botanically. From Heathpool to Wooler, some 5 miles, the north flank of the Cheviot mass is guarded by the series of bell-shaped hills to which we have previously referred. In order, from west to east, they are called Newton West Tor (1762 feet), Newton East Tor, Yevering Bell (1182 feet), Akeld Hill, and Humbledon Heugh (977 feet). At their base the country is almost a dead flat, so that they are conspicuous from a great distance and command an extensive view, north-eastward to St. Abb's Head and the Berwickshire hills, northward to the Lammermuirs,. westward up the Tweed Yalley, past the Eildons, to the loftier hills round the head of Ettrick, Liddesdale, and Teviotdale. The Caldgate stream joins the Till within a mile of Wooler. At Doddington the latter receives a rivulet, called Hetton Burn, from the sandstone ridge on the west, upon which is a small waterfall. The Glen and Till unite at Ewart, and from this point, or further down, when the evening sun is sinking behind, is, we think, the finest view of the Cheviots. The mass rises up clearly defined from the level country, the rounded tors in front, and behind them the higher hills over Langlee-ford and Southernknow, and highest of all, the great ridge of Cheviot itself, and the slightly lower rounded summit of Hedgehope. Past castles and villages famous in history and border story, the Till flows with many windings northward. The last low swell, crested with fir trees, where the hill-country sinks into the plain, is Flodden Edge, and that rich corn-land at its base is Branxton Lea. The castles and parks of Twizell, Etal, and Ford pleasantly diversify the last 5 miles of the stream, which joins the Tweed 10 miles below Ewart.

This district measures about 20 miles long by from 10 to 15 miles broad, and is about 250 square miles in area, of which the Cheviot mass occupies more than one-third.

(Those marked with a star are communicated by Sir Henry James, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, the others