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A charge of one penny for each person is made by the owners 

 of the farmhouse, for permission to pass through their field 

 to reach the fall ; a fee "which no one would begrudge for the 

 pleasure received in lovely little Easgill. Another farmhouse 

 not far from Yarlsber, bears the name of Slatinber ; both being 

 near the site of the supposed Eoman camp. According to 

 the guide-book, these two names seem to point to the exis- 

 tence there, at some time, of earthworks or fortifications. 



Yordas cave is well worth a visit. It is a pleasant drive 

 of four miles from Ingleton. According to tradition, " Yordas " 

 is the name of a giant who once lived in the cave, which is a 

 dark gloomy cavern in Kingsdale, and penetrates the base of 

 Gragreth or Dent Crag, 2250 feet in height. Yordas cave 

 contains a great chamber 5 or 60 yards long, about 2 yards 

 high, and 15 yards broad. At the end of this vaulted 

 chamber is another large cavern, and a conically shaped 

 hollow containing a waterfall. We compared it to a small 

 side chapel in a cathedral, with a waterfall inside ! We 

 realized when in Yordas cave, what " pitch darkness " was ; for 

 our few small candles only seemed to serve to make the dark- 

 ness visible. There are some curious stalactites here. One is 

 like a polar bear, coming down the rock ; another resembled 

 the Gothic wood-carving often seen over the bishop's throne 

 in a cathedral; another was like the pipes of an organ. A 

 stream enters the cavern on one side, flows through it, and 

 disappears on the other side. The high roof caused our voices 

 to resound in a curious way as we all sang the " Old 

 Hundredth ". The scene and sounds were very impressive. 

 Shut in by the huge cavern's dark walls, with the inky stream 

 at our feet, the feeble slimmer of our candles almost increasing 

 the gloom, and knowing that we were deep in the bowels 

 of the earth, far from sight or sound of our fellow-creatures, 

 we could not help thinking, what if our lights were to 

 go out ? Would the guide be able to find his way back to 

 the entrance ? 



On our way back from Yordas cave we climbed a hill, in 

 order to view a " pot " or chasm in the ground called Gingling 

 Pot. This is somewhat similar to Gingle Pot already described, 

 but is larger and rather more curious, being at the top of one 

 of the fells. It has been measured to a depth of 150 feet 



