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EXCURSIONS FROM MELROSE.
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EXCURSIONS FROM MELROSE.
The following tariff of charges for vehicles from the George
Hotel, Melrose, will be found useful:—
1. Melrose to Abbotsford and back—5s. for a one-horse, and 7s. 6d. for a two-
horse carriage. Distance three miles. Post-boys are usually paid about
3d. per mile when two horses, a trifle less when only one; but at such
places as Abbotsford and Dryburgh, where they are kept waiting,
the mileage is generally counted both ways. Tolls 6d. and Is.—one
or two horses.
2. Melrose to Dryburgh by Bemerside Hill, and returning by Newtown
St Boswells, is 7s. for one horse; 10s. 6d. for two. Distance about
5} miles on one side, and 4 on the other. Or direct from Melrose
and back by Newtown, 6s. and 9s.; but supposing the water cannot
be crossed at Dryburgh, and the tourist must go round by Mertoun
Bridge, the distance is greater, and Is. or Is. 6d. additional charge is
then made. Tolls 6d. or Is.
3. From Melrose to Selkirk, thence to Newark, and returning by Bowhill
and the south side of the Yarrow. Distance about 13 miles each way.
Charge for a one-horse four-wheeled carriage, 13s.; two horses 20s.;
for a gig, 10s. Tolls, two, 6d. each for one-horse. Is. each for two
horses. Postboy, say 2s. 6d. for one-horse, and 3s. 6d. for two horses.
4. Melrose to Kelso by Mertoun, and returning by the opposite side of
the Tweed—15 miles each way; charge 15s. and 22s. 6d. Tolls
three each side. Same rate as above.
There will occasionally be slight deviations from these charges accord¬
ing to circumstances and the time absent or waiting.
1. Abbotsford, 3 miles from Melrose.
Leave Melrose by the road which proceeds westwards. On
the right is the Established Church, opposite it the Free
Church. A little further, on the right hand, is the Episcopal
Chapel and manse, built by the Duke of Buccleuch, command¬
ing a fine view of the vale of the Gala.
About a mile from Melrose, cross Huntly Burn. Here a
road strikes off to the left to Chiefswood, “ a nice little cottage
in a glen, belonging to the property of Abbotsford, with a
rivulet in front and a grove of trees on each side, to keep away
the cold wind. It is about two miles distant from Abbotsford,
and a very pleasant walk reaches to it through plantations.”