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about 2-j 777. SSW from Ham and Wetton Dales at 

 Btasinn Tor, in 4ih Lime. The channel of the Hamps 

 River is here drv, vvhen not swohi bv great rains, and its 

 water;, which faij into Swallow holes at Waterfall and 

 WaterhouiCs, pass more than 3 ni. under ground to 

 Hamps Spring ! W of J lam Hall. 



Plav Dale, S of Peak Forest Town, extending about 1 w. 

 N from Grass Dale, in 4th Lime; a dry dale, below the 

 Sualiow-holes near its N end. 



Hav Dale, S of Wardlow, extending N about 1 777. from 

 Monsal Dale, in 2nd Lime, with 1st Toaduone at its N 

 end, and nearly along its eastern border; vast beds of 

 S ilher, or indestructible and barren Lime-rubble, on its 

 E side. 



Hippie Dale, W of Brassington, extending about i 7?;. 

 NNE, with a branch E, in 4th Lime; a prodigious 

 Spring breaks out at its Send, near the great Liniestone 

 Fault, about once in 20 years. 



Ham Dale, in Staffordshire, NW of the Town, extending 

 thence near 3 m. to the Hamps and Wetton Dales, 4th 

 Lime. The channel of the Manifold River is here dry 

 in drv seasons, owing to the vast Swallow-holes at Darta 

 Clifl", Waterfall and Watcrhouses above, until the great 

 Hamps and Manifold Springs break out, in and ntar to' 

 Ham Gardens ; Beastmi Tor" Rock at its NW end. 



Lathkil Dale, N and E of Yolgrave, extending from near 

 Stanton to near Monva-h about S^m.; Shale near Al- 

 port, 1st Lime, ivt Toadstone and 2nd Lime S of Over 

 Haddon, Tufa at Alport, Slither, Raventor Rock near 

 Alport. 



Markland Grips, NK of Elmton, extending NE about ^tn. 

 to Cresswell upper Mill, in yellow Lime. 



Marl Dale, NW of Chclmerton. extending SSW about 

 l-l VI. from the Wye River to Deep Dale, 4lh Lime; a 

 large Cavern. 



Matlock- Bath Dale, SW of Matlock, extending nearly N 

 alona the course of the Derwent River more than 2 m. 

 from Cromford Cotton- mills ; Shale S of Higli Tor, 1st 

 Lime, 1st Toadsione, 2nd Lime, and 2nd Toadstone at 

 foot of the High Tor; Tufa, Petrifving Springs, Hot 

 Sprincs, and Baths; High Tor, Scarihcn Cliff, and Wild- 

 cat Tor Rocks, &c. Cumberland Cavern : a good Turn- 

 pike Road ihrouch this beautiful dale, towards Bakewcll. 

 (See the Section in Plate V.*) 



* [See plate II. in my 31st volume; and further particulars oi its Strata 

 in the present volume, page 195. — Editor.] 



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