CHEDDAR CLIFFS. 



A RECENT note of warning as to the danger 

 Ji~ V which threatens the beauty of Cheddar has not 

 been sounded a moment too soon. It is true that the 

 actual cliffs are still untouched, but what is being 

 done has already spoilt beyond remedy not a little of 

 their charm. The slopes of rock and stones which 

 harmonize so well with the stern and magnificent 

 outlines of the cliffs are being quarried at intervals 

 from one end of the ravine to the other — here for 

 building, there for lime, everywhere for mending the 

 roads. 



One of the finest points of view is already sadly 

 marred, and even if the work should at once be dis- 

 continued, it will be many years before the signs of 

 quarrying disappear before the softening influences of 

 time and weather. 



Cheddar is a national glory. There is not a finer 

 piece of cliff scenery in the British Islands. Even a 

 travelled American said of it, as he walked up the 



