The Republic of Scotland

TOPOGRAPHY
OF THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND

from George Buchanan the Scot, and William Camden the Englishman.

Camden, p. 650.

Geography of SCOTLAND.

Scotland is separated from the English first by the river Tweed, the very high Cheviot mountain, and where the mountain ends, by a rampart not made so long ago, and then by the rivers Esk and Solway. On this side of these boundaries, the regions lie in this order from the Scottish Sea to the Irish Sea.

The Merse, in which the English now hold the town of Berwick, touches the left side of the Tweed. To the east it is enclosed by the Firth of Forth, and to the south by England.

To the west, on both sides of the Tweed, is Teviotdale, which takes its name from the river Teviot. It is separated from England by the Cheviot mountain.

CAMDEN, SCO-

CAMDEN. Teviotdale, that is, the valley by the river Tese or Teviot, situated among the steep ridges of hills and rocks closest to England, is inhabited by a warlike people who, on account of the very frequent wars in past centuries between the Scots and the English, are most ready for military service and sudden raids. The Tweed flows through the valley named after it, which is most abundant in sheep, whose wool is of great value.