MIDLEM, a village, in the parish of Bowden, district
of Melrose, county of Roxburgh, 4 miles (S. S.
W.) from Melrose; containing 185 inhabitants. It is
situated in the south-western part of the parish, and
consists of about fifty families, some of them engaged
in manufactures and handicraft trades, but the
greater number employed in agriculture. The town of
Selkirk is distant westward from the village about three
miles and a half. The United Original Seceders have
here a place of worship; and a school on the parochial
establishment is attended by about forty-five children,
of whom those of paupers are taught gratuitously: the
master, who instructs in the usual branches, receives a
salary of fi^l, and the fees.