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. To face View of Dunstanborough Title page PLATE 2 Crag Loch and the Roman Wall 24 PLATE 3 Bamborough from Stag Rock 32 PLATE 4 Holy Island Castle: Harvest Time 36 PLATE 5 View of Norham Castle 40 PLATE 6 Twizel Bridge of the XIV. Century 44 PLATE 7 Flodden Field and the Cheviot Hills 48 PLATE 8 View of Warkworth 52 PLATE 9 View of Alnwick Castle 56 PLATE 10 View of Prudhoe-on-Tyne 60 PLATE 11 View of Carlisle 64 PLATE 12 View of Naworth Castle 68 PLATE 13 View of Lanercost Priory 72 PLATE 14 View of Bewcastle 76 PLATE 15 View of Melrose 80 PLATE 16 Melrose and the Eildons from Bemersyde Hill: Scott's favourite View 84 PLATE 17 Dryburgh Abbey and Scott's Tomb 88 PLATE 18 The Remnant of Wark Castle 92 PLATE 19 Berwick-on-Tweed 96 PLATE 20 Hollows Tower (sometimes called Gilnockie Tower) 100 PLATE 21 Goldilands, near Hawick 104 PLATE 22 "He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower" 112 PLATE 23 View of New Abbey and Criffel 116 PLATE 24 Criffel and Loch Kindar 120 PLATE 25 Caerlaverock Castle 124 I. INTRODUCTION