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to divide into two glens, so as to embrace and insulate the Mount 

 of Keasdon. The pass from Muker to Hawes, called ( Butter- 

 tubs/ requires good sinews, but affords a noble prospect of the 

 mountains associated with Whernside, Ingleborough, Dod Fell, 

 and Great Whernside (see the Lithograph). 



Shunnor Fell, the fourth in height of the Yorkshire moun- 

 tains, is within a short walk (four miles) to the west of Muker ; 

 but the moors are wet and the surface uninteresting. Rogan 

 Seat and Water Crag lie to the north, but are not more inviting. 

 Lovely Seat, of somewhat superior height, is easily reached from 

 the mountain road to Hawes, and is far better worth a visit. The 

 lead-mines which are on the line of the Auld Gang Vein, north 

 of Muker, are very ancient and extensive. 



From Muker to Reeth* are bold river and valley scenes : the 

 hills called Healaugh Crag (millstone grit) and Calver (lime- 

 stone) being conspicuous objects on the north ; while Freming- 

 ton Edge on the east (also limestone), and Whitea Fell and 

 Robin Cross Hill on the south, contract the prospects. The 

 view up Arkendale from near the old bridge at Reeth, is some- 

 times rendered more stern and wild by the terrific floods on the 

 Arkle Beck. Baxton Knab is conspicuous south of Reeth ; and 

 on the opposite side of the Swale is a small fort, called Maiden 

 Castle. This must not be confounded with the small square camp 

 between Rey Cross and Brough, which bears the same name. 



At Fremington, near Reeth, many ornaments of brass inlaid 

 with silver (the work of ingenious Gaul), apparently trappings 

 of a horse, and belonging to Roman times, have been dug up : 

 they are now in the Yorkshire Museum. No Roman station is 

 positively recognized in Swaledale ; but if we consider the an- 

 tiquity of the 'Auld Gang' lead mines old in the days of the 

 Saxons, and give due weight to this discovery at Fremington, 

 we can hardly doubt that Roman troops have gone by a regular 

 (possibly British) way along or across the dale. The lead mines 

 of Auld Gang and Arkendale may be visited from Reeth. 

 * Rbydd, in Celtic, is ' a ford.' It may also be rendered ' road.' 



