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Teviot are the woods and mansion of Springwood Park (Sir
George Douglas, Bart.), and close by is the bridge across that
river. On the right is the town, extended along the banks
of the Tweed ; nearer is Ednam House, and immediately be¬
yond are the lofty ruins of the Abbey. In the background are
the hills of Stitchel and Mellerstain, the Castle of Home, the
picturesque summits of the Eildon Hills, Penielheugh, ’ etc.
An excellent view may also be obtained of the district around
Kelso, from the top of an eminence, on the south bank of the
river, called Pinnacle-hill ; and a third, equally interesting,
from the building appropriated as a Museum and Library,
situated on an elevation termed the Terrace.*
Fleurs Palace, the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe, occu-
* From Kelso a road leads to Jedburgh, by the villages of Maxwellheugh and
Heaton, the beautiful banks of the Kale, Grahamslaw, where there are some remar-
kable caves, the villages of Eckford and CraOing, Crailing House (J. Paton, Esq.),
formerly the seat of the noble family of Cranstoun, and Bonjedward.