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tongue of land which projects into the river whose clear brown 
water, stealing first in mere threads between the separate pebbles 
of shingle, and eddying in soft hues towards its central currents 
flows out amber into ebony, and glides calm and deep below the 
rock on the opposite shore.”’ ; 
The attraction of the cliff opposite the Abbey to Turner was 
its rich purple colour. He could copy nothing to his satisfaction 
which did not possess plenty of colour. When painting his 
celebrated picture of Whalley Abbey he was met by this colour 
difficulty because it is singularly destitute of all attractions 
of that class. But Turner was not to be beaten. He drew several 
workmen belonging to a neighbouring dye-works, washing various 
richly coloured cloths in the river opposite the Abbey. There 
were no dyeworks, except in the imagination of the painter, but 
Turner secured the pictorial effect he required! One of Turner’s 
grandest pictures of Bolton Abbey is that in which he makes 
full use of this purple rock. Ruskin gives such a grand and 
characteristic reference to the landscape ruin picture that every- 
one visiting Bolton Abbey ought not only to read it, but to have 
it thoroughly fixed in the memory. The doctor read the passage 
and concluded by pointing out the other special features of 
interest connected with the Abbey and its surroundings. 
CONVERSAZIONE. 
Town Hall, October Ist, 1889. 
The year 1889 will be memorable for the official recognition of 
the Club by the ruling authority of the Borough, the Mayor who 
was also a Vice-President of the Club having taken advantage of 
the conjunction of the two offices in his person, to offer a welcome 
to the members in the recently-opened Municipal Buildings. The 
arrangements were entrusted to the Secretary and were admir- 
ably carried out by him; the vestibule, landings, staircase, and 
rooms were decorated with choice plants, and in the reception 
room and Mayor’s parlour were exhibited views of places of 
interest, brass work from the Keswick School of Industrial Art, 
and curiosities of various kinds. Half-an-hour after the com- 
mencement of the reception an adjournment was made to the 
Council Chamber, where a programme of music and recitations 
was gone through in excellent style, the performers being Miss 
Horner, Miss Rawcliffe, Mr. Hartley, Mr. Rawcliffe, and Mr. S. 
Myers the accompanist. The Mayor said he accorded all present 
a hearty welcome to the Town Hall. He spoke of the connection 
that had existed between the Club and the Corporation, in the Club 
having from its formation been allowed the use of the Council 
