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the peaty moors and dreary rocks, among which a multitude of 

 dark waters find a rapid descent. Nine Standards, the most 

 northern of these summits, is, according to Mr. Nixon, 2153 feet. 

 This is followed by Fell End and High Seat, which are about 

 equal to Hugh Seat (2330 feet), and Lady's Pillar closes the 

 remarkable range with a height of 2261 feet by the same author- 

 ity. These are very uninviting summits as seen on the Swale- 

 dale side, but they hang with a dreary magnificence over the road 

 from Kirkby Stephen to Hawes, and combine with the opposing 

 crags of Wild Boar Fell to deepen the gloom of Mallerstang. 



SHUNNOR FELL GROUP. Shunnor Fell (2329 O.S., 2351 N.) 

 and Lovely Seat are the two highest points of land between 

 Swaledale and Yoredale ; and their gritstone summits, situated 

 amidst the wide expanse of moorland, offer little that is interest- 

 ing. But the glens which descend 1200, 1400, or 1600 feet on 

 either side are full of beauty, and on the southern slopes varied 

 with some of the finest waterfalls in the north of England. The 

 mass of land of which they are the culminating summits sinks 

 eastwards by Blackstone or Bakestone Edge 1923 feet, Whitea 

 Fell, Sattron Hangings, and Cross of Greet, toward the great 

 Vale of York. 



Though it is hardly worth the trouble to climb Shunnor 

 Fell, or Lovely Seat, the road that runs between them from 

 Muker to Hawes should be followed by every pedestrian who 

 enjoys the mountain air, and can appreciate wild and striking 

 combinations of moorland summits. This pass is called the 

 ' Buttertubs/ and should by no means be taken in the contrary 

 direction to what is here recommended. The evening view to- 

 ward the south, on gaining the summit, is of the utmost gran- 

 deur Ingleborough, Whernside, and other fine outlines, coming 

 boldly out beyond the Abroad undulations about the head of 

 Yoredale (see PL IV.). 



WILD BOAR FELL GROUP. Swaledale Head, as we have said, 

 is fairly enclosed and insulated by a dreary crescent of lofty grit- 

 stone hills ; Yoredale, on the other hand, opens by two romantic 



