82 RIVERS. 



has recorded an inscription which he saw in the church-wall ; 

 the parts within brackets being supplied, it reads thus : 



[Pro Salute Imperato] 

 RVM . CAES 



AVG .... 

 ANTONINI 

 ET VERI 

 IOVI DILECTI 

 CAECILIVS 

 PRJ2F . COH . 



In the steeple is a bas-relief, supposed by Stukely to be a 

 figure of Hercules strangling the serpents (Gough's Camden, 

 iii. 289). 



In the church is a very good effigy of Sir Adam de Middelton, 

 in chain mail (A.D. 1312). 



Few places of general resort so well deserve their reputation 

 as Ilkley. The springs are pure and abundant ; the air is free 

 and bracing; the river utters cheerful sounds as it wanders 

 through green meadows, or rushes between lofty banks, shaded 

 with woods and crowned by mighty rocks. High open moorlands 

 easily accessible to even feeble pedestrians pleasant home walks 

 an admirably regulated household make Ben Rhydding a 

 delicious abode. And for excursions, Wharfedale, Airedale and 

 Nidderdale, with Bolton Abbey, Skipton Castle, Malham Cove, 

 Brimham Crags, and Fountains Abbey, offer irresistible attrac- 

 tions. Artist, antiquary, sportsman, naturalist, and invalids 

 who are none of these, may join heartily in the old spirit of 

 gratitude which dedicated an altar to the life-giving waters of 

 Ilkley. 



Below Otley the Wharfe receives a considerable tributary 

 the Washburn, which rises in the high moorlands near Green- 

 how Hill, and flows by Blubber Houses. In all its course from 

 Bolton Bridge to near Wetherby, the Wharfe flows in a broad 

 rich vale, bordered by woody slopes and ornamented grounds; 



