Gala Water

Gala Water, a stream of Edinburgh, Selkirk, and Roxburgh shires, rising among the Moorfoot Hills, and winding 21 miles south-south-eastward, past Stow and Galashiels, till, after a total descent of 800 feet, it falls into the Tweed, a little below Abbotsford, and $2\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles W. of Melrose. In its valley, the ancient Wedale, Skene localises one of Arthur's battles; its 'braw, braw lads' are famous in song.