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Ingleton is a very ancient place, and the houses have a quaint 

 appearance ; they are built of slate and limestone, and plastered over 

 with mortar. In front of many of the better class of houses numbers 

 of curious pieces of limestone are placed for ornament, great quantities of 

 such pieces are obtained from the quarries about here. The streets are 

 very narrow, and of every angle but a right angle. But they are 

 remarkably clean, the limestone giving even the roads a bright appearance. 

 The river Greta has worn itself a deep channel in the slate rocks, its 

 bed being considerably below the level of the town. It is thickly strewn 

 with huge boulders and pebbles, which tell an immistakable story of the 

 turbulent character of the floods which frequently j)revail in this neigh- 

 Jbourhood. The old cluurch is a weather-worn structure ; in form it is 

 rectangidar, with a square tower which is not much higher than the 

 flattish roof of the cluuxh. The people seem to be quiet, steady, and 

 industrious. 



After breakfast we set out again for Ingleborough, for we did not like 

 the idea of leaving without making another ascent, especially as it seemed 

 likely to be a fine clear day. We went up the grass-covered road which 

 leads to Crina Bottom. It is bounded by very high limestone walls Avhich 

 form a welcome shelter from the fierce rays of the morning sun. 

 Abovit half a mile, ere we reach Crina Bottom the sheep pastures are left 

 behind, and the road leads through a heathy moor. From this place 

 Ingleborough presents a most imposing aspect, terrace after terrace of 

 limestone rock stretch away right up to the summit, while vast blocks 

 cling to its steep sides. Crina Bottom lies in a hollow, just under a great 

 ClifE. There is only one house, three or four green fields Avhich 

 Avere quite covered with cowslips, primroses, orchids, and other pretty 

 Avild flowers. The Avhite cliffs are lined with young firs, whose bright 

 green foliage forms a pleasing contrast to the bare rocks behind. Great 

 blocks of limestone are scattered about the fields, and just behind the 

 house immense masses are piled up in all sorts of fantastic ways, forming 

 a natural rockery such as would shame the most elaborate construction of 



