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the kind ever made by mau. Alfcogctacr it is as cliarinlag a litl'o spot 

 as ever eyes rested upon. 



"Full m;uiy a spot 

 Of hidden beauty have I chanced to c.^py 

 Among the mountains ; never one like this ; 

 So lonesome and so perfectly secure ; 

 ' Not melancholy — no, for it is green, 



And bright and fertile, furnished in itself 

 With the tew needful things that life requires. 

 — In rugged arms, how soft it seems to lie, 

 How tenderly protected ! far and near 

 We have an image of the earth, 

 The planet in its nakedness." 



If Crina Bottom had stood for her portrait to the poet, the likeness could 

 scarcely have been more faithful. It is indeed " a sweet recess," an 

 oasis in a wilderness. Ingleborough protects it from the cold, north-east 

 wind, and supplies it with moisture derived from the clouds. 



The easiest way to ascend Ingleborough is by Crina Bottom, which is 

 about half way between Ingleton and the summit of Ingleborough, the 

 whole distance being about four miles. After leaving Crina Bottom we pass 

 over a boggy moor, and here and there we meet with those curious circular 

 holes from ten to twenty yards in diameter and some of them five or six 

 deep, called "Swallow Holes." The sides slope down like a basin alidare 

 covered with succulent herbage which appears to be much relished by the 

 sheep. They seem to be the natm-al drainage of the moors. The water sinks 

 through them into channels and caverns forming those beautiful subterranean 

 ■waterfalls for which this district is famous. " Weathercote Cave " in Chapel- 

 dale, and Clapham or the " Ingleborough Caves" in Clap-dale are annually 

 visited by great numbers of people. Most of these Caverns are supposed to 

 have been formed by the water percolating through the fissures of the lime- 

 stone-rocks gradually dissolving and carrying them away. It was very 

 warm, but as we had plenty of time we took it easily, and at length after 

 many a halt we reached the top of tlie ridge. Before ascending the cone, 

 we went a feiv yards down the oth.er side, to the little spring which issues 

 out of the hill side. We sat down hy the clear stream and quenched our 

 thirst with its icy cold water, Avhich gave a delicious relish to some sand- 

 M'ichcs, we had brought with u^. We were very thirsty when coming 

 up, and one of the most pleasing i; minifcences of our visit to Ingleborough 

 v.ill bo tl.o re(ol!crt:iin of that (lolightful repast by the little n.onntain 



