Castle -Curtj. 



BY THE REV. PREBENDARY ME ADE. 



THIS town was anciently called Carith, and Kari. It 

 is situate on the brow of an elevated tract of land, 

 which shelters it from the East, and which is part of that 

 oolite chain which passes through England from the North 

 East to the South West. The soil is a sandy loarn, 

 associated with the lower oolite, and was famous for the 

 growth of potatoes before the occurrence of the fatal 

 disease. On the hill above the tovvn the quarries are 

 worked, which supply the building-stone to this neigh- 

 bourhood — a stone possessing that peculiar orange tint, 

 which, in sorne localities, has given it the name of the 

 " gingerbread rock." Westward the descent leads im- 

 mediately upon the extended level of the lias; and, as is 

 usual, the junction of the upper with the lower strata is 

 raarked by a great fertility of soil. 



The traveller who rnerely passes through the streets of 

 Cary, or looks out of a carriage window at the Station, can 

 scarcely imagine how extensive and beautiful is the view 

 from the eminence overhanging the town. Here the 

 inhabitants have, of ancient usage, a pleasant and healthful 

 resort ; where, emerging from the streets below, they may 



