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Danian hill rears its conical summit 1,031 feet above the sea-level    Ruberslaw
rises to the height of 1,419 [1392] feet above the same plain.   Bonchester hill,
though not so high, deserves more notice, on account of the British strength
on its summit, from which it derived its name.     Burgh hill, in Cavers parish,
though not remarkable for its height, merits notice from its ancient fort which
defended its crest and gave it an appellation.     In the same parish Pen-crest-
pew and Shelfhillpen  and in Crailing parish  Pemelheugh, are  memorable,
for preserving through successions of people their British names.    On the
north of the Teviot the eminences which attract the greatest observation are
the Minto-craigs, which rise to the height of 858 [700] feet above the sea-level;
and which, as they are formed of rocks and are interspersed with planting, are
picturesque objects, and are real ornaments to Teviot's vale (l).   In the northern
part of Teviotdale the only eminences which merit particular notice are the
Eildon hills, which are distinguished in that somewhat level region by their
singular appearance and by the British and Roman  strengths, that were
formed on their acclivities (m).   In that division of Roxburghshire which projects
northward of the Tweed, the only hill which rises to a great height is William-
law [1315], on the Gala water, and it commands an extensive prospect, and has on
its summit a collection of stones that are called Bells Cairn (n).     The hills of
this county are happily both ornamental and useful.     They add much to the
superficies of the shire, while they contribute much to its landscape, and still
more to its pasturage, and very few of them are bleak, and scarcely any of
them are rugged (o).    Crawford, in his elegant lyric poem of " the Cowden-
" knowes," is studious to mark, with fond recollection, " Teviot braes, so green,
(l) Ainslie's map ; Stat. Account, xix., 571.
(m) They rise in three summits to the height of 1,330 [1385, 1327, 1216] feet above the sea.
Ainslie's map of Scotland. They are covered, in some parts of them, with a kind of red stone, with-
out a blade of grass, and these circumstances gave them a striking appearance from afar. Stat. Acc.,
xvi., 231. There is a fine delineation of the Eildon hills in Roy's Bom. Antiq., pl. xxi. He mistak-
ingly supposed them to form the site of the Trimontium of the Itinerary.
(n) Stobie's map, and Milne's Melrose, 65. In this district, about four miles northward of the
Tweed, there is a remarkable object called the Blue Cairn, from the colour of the stones. A large
space, which is sufficient to contain many persons, is completely inclosed, and may be said to be forti-
fied by a natural rampart of stones. Milne's Melrose, 67-8.
(o) Some of the sloping hills of less eminence are highly cultivated, such as Ednam hill and
Henderside hill, on the north side of the Tweed. Stat. Account, ii., 304 ; Agricult. Survey, 7 ; and
the Statistical Accounts of this shire ; wherein we find that its hills are generally dry, fertile and
green.