Here, too, in this border town commences the chain of birthplaces of eminent men, who have honored Scotland with their lives and history.

Here was born James Wilson, once the editor of The Economist, who worked his way up, through intermediate positions of public honor and trust, to that of Finance Minister for India, and died at the meridian of his manhood in that country of dearly-bought distinctions.
On Tuesday, Sept.

8th, I commenced my walk northward from this threshold town of Scotland.

Followed down the Teviot to Denholm, the birth-place of the celebrated poet and linguist, Dr.John Leyden, another victim who offered himself a sacrifice to the costly honors and emoluments of East Indian official life.

One great thought fired his soul in all the perils and privations of that deadly climate.