A Descriptive Tour, and Guide to the Lakes, Caves, Mountains, and Other Natural Curiosities, in Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and a Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1800 Excerpt: ... like the ribs of a fkeleton, run along the fides of this mountain; but, contrary to the dire&ion of libs in animal nature, they run parallel to the fpine.--We purfue our journey along the north fide of the vale, with the winding brook on the right, till the path leads us clofe by Keldhead, where the rivulet emerges from a fubterraneous paflage, which it enters at Yordas Cave. This fecond fource of the brook is a deep circular bafon, which, our guide informed us, lately proved fatal to an unfortunate tailor, who, having been working at Breadagarth, and returning home in the night, had ftepped half a yard out of the road, as he pafled Keldhead, and tumbled upwards of 15 yards down a floping height into the pool'below, where he was found drowned the next day. We warily andilowly purfued our directed route, while our guide went acrofs the vale to Breadagarth to procure a light, and his large candleftick, which he always leaves there to be in readinefs. The road before us, though little frequented, is the only one in or near this valley: it croflcs the hills, on the north fide of Whernfide, into the pleafant yale of Dentdale. Having travelled about four miles from Ingleton, we find ourfelves at Yordas Cave, one of the principal objects of this excurfion. It is fituated near the eafl end of the vale, under the mountain Greg-roof, and to which we turn a little out of the road, on the left, over a carpet of bent grafs interfperfed with fragments of grey rock.-- The cave does not' appear till we get through feme fheepfolds, and are within a few yards of its entrance, which is rather alarming; for we no fooner defcend gently through a rude arched, opening, four yards by (even, like the gateway of fome ancient caftle, than we fee ftones of enormous weight pendent from...

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