in and near Derhj shire. 26 1 



List of such Slips, or modern sliding and sinking of tracts 

 of ground on the sides of Hills, as 1 have nuted in the 

 course of" my Survey, viz. 



Alport, in Hope Woodlands (Castle-). 

 Atlow W, VVin House SE, recent. 

 Eakcwell, S of the Town ; and E (Edge). 

 Bramcote E, Staffordshire (Black-Mcer of Moredge). 

 Bretton NE, in Evam (clv)ugh). 

 Calvcr S, in Back' Dale (North Cliflf). 

 Castleton N\Y (Mam-Tor Hill S side, large). 

 Charlcsworth, in Glossop, NE (Hargate Hill), and SE 



(Combs Rocks), in 2nd Coal Shale. 

 Darley N (Stone ClitT): and S (Oaker Hill). 

 Darwent- Chapel SE (Shuts ding Bank, and Lady-bower); 



N (Harr. hole): and NNW (Ronkslev). 

 Edale, in^Caslleton (xMam-Tor Hill NW and NE sides), 



very large: (Back Tor, of Lose H;ii W end); and Lee 



Farm. 

 Great Hucklow N (Bur-Tor). 

 Haddon Park \V, in Bakewell. 

 Hathersage E, N of the Cupola. 



Lea, near'Matlock, SVV ( VVoodseats) : and (White Tor). 

 Lud worth, ui Glossop, NE (Stirrup Benches), in 2nd Coal 



Shale. 

 North Anston, Yorkshire, N (Clarkes Stones) in yellow 



Lime, &c. 

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Rowlee, in Hope Woodlands, N, very large. 

 Stanninglon, near ShelBeld, Yorkshire (Little - Matlock 



Cliifsj, in 1st Coal Sh :!e. 

 Stanton. Leys, near Darley, N (South Moo;)- 

 Starkholmes, in Matlock. 

 Tor-side, in Glossop, near Woodhead. 



many instances, quite down to the To:idstone (and again under It, as some 

 would rciiund tliein)? It is juf t hinted to us it is true (p 50), tiiat " the 

 shrinking of the muss of a Moiintaiu, /;'u(/;.i«/ t-;j (lesiccatian, and slM more 

 bij Earihijudkfi, and other similar causes, may also have cont.ihuted to the 

 formaiion of rents," fpr Vi.i(,s. As a comment upon all tliis, the learned 

 'rra:islator telL us, truly, I bcheve, (p. 256) that '; the u;htn( r^iiis generally 

 occur in the most horizontal strata." Since the above. Dr. James Millar, 

 in hij Appendix to Williams's Mineral Kingdom, professing t(j give a view 

 of the"'fhcory of Werner," omits all notice of the ope.iinj; of Mineral 

 Veins by .Slips| Pres^ure, Eartluiualces, Sec. as above, and merely says, that 

 they happened, accoidin^ ti> this Tiieory, "by the f/ri/t/f,? and shrinking of 

 the newly formed s;rala." — Perhaps the Doctor chose this course, oi)t ol' ten- 

 derncis to the author of the Theory. 



• [Mr. F. iiifornis me, that n large and curious slip at Overton w m. S 

 (Raven's Nest Tor) in Ashover, lia« been omitted above. — Ijloi tor.} 



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