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hills round Mallerstang, but we have little doubt that a botanist who 

 could devote a few days to this district would be well repaid. At the 

 upper end of the valley, the river (here forming the boundary between 

 Yorkshire and Westmoreland) flows through a narrow limestone gorge 

 occasionally not more than three or four feet wide, yet in some places 

 nearly a hundred feet in depth. This gorge, from its depth and dark- 

 ness, has acquired the name of Hell-gill. Turning towards the west, 

 we ascended the southern ridge of Wild-boar Fell. It was covered 

 in most places with ling, and we saw only Vaccinium Oxycoccus in 

 addition to the plants previously noticed as occurring on hills of a si- 

 milar character. The view from the summit was fine, embracing the 

 greater part of Howgill Fells, the valley of the Lune, and Morecambe 

 Bay in the distance. Descending the side of Swarthfell, we followed 

 a mountain path for some time, and after passing over the foot of 

 Bowfell, we came into the main road, about three miles from Sedbergh. 

 The following morning we set off" to visit Cautley Spout, a water- 

 fall on Howgill Fells about six miles from Sedbergh. On the wooded 

 banks of the river we gathered Stellaria nemorum and Circaea alpina, 

 /3. intermedia. In the hedges we noticed Rosa inodora and Mentha 

 rubra. Leaving the main road, we took a path which led to the foot 

 of Cautley Spout, and commenced ascending the rocks by its side. 

 This fall is composed of a series of beautiful cascades, which pour 

 over the dark slate rocks from a considerable elevation. Howgill 

 Fells are a cluster of round-topped slate mountains, covered in some 

 parts with debris and short grass. Among the loose stones we no- 

 ticed patches of Allosorus crispus, of greater size and luxuriance than 

 any we had met with previously. On the rocks by the side of the fall 

 we found Alchemilla alpina growing in great abundance ; and higher 

 up the mountain we were struck with the great profusion of Lycopo- 

 dium Selago and alpinum, especially of the former. Here our party 

 agreed to separate ; two of them descended the eastern side, and on 

 their way to Sedbergh gathered CEnanthe crocata, which was plen- 

 tiful in a moist meadow. The others ascended to the summit, and 

 were amply repaid by the magnificent prospect. In one direction, 

 the southern part of Westmoreland, and the north of Lancashire lay 

 like a map beneath, with the Cumberland mountains and Morecambe 

 Bay in the back ground ; while, in the extreme distance, the Isle of 

 Man stretched like a line in the Irish sea. The lofty hills of the 

 north-west of Yorkshire, with the beautiful vale of the Eden, termi- 

 nated the view in another direction ; and the grandeur of the whole 

 was much increased by the heavy clouds which hung about the tops 



