jss EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE XXVI. Scarborough from the South, p. 132. 



The visitor of the sea-side who merely walks on the sands, or rides on the 

 roads, will have but a slight notion of the many picturesque combina- 

 tions of land and sea, which reward those who tread the margin of the 

 cliff's. I affirm that half the beauty and grandeur of our coast is lost 

 to those who follow merely the beaten tracks. 



PLATE XXVII. Runswick Bay, west of Whitby, p. 141. 



This has always appeared to me one of the prettiest examples of a Wick, 

 Wyke, or Vik the Norwegian name for small bay which can be 

 found on the Yorkshire coast. 



PLATE XXVII. a. The Peak and Robin Hood's Bay, p. 136. 



Rather distant from Scarborough and Whitby, between which no coach 

 runs, the fine cliffs at the ' Old Peak ' are seldom explored by strangers. 

 Robin Hood's Bay furnishes accommodation for man and horse, and 

 is a picturesque fishing village. 



PLATE XXVIII. Staithes, p. 141. 



At some time, perhaps, tbe quiet of this romantic place will be disturbed by 

 mining, and its hardy fishermen athletic Norwegian forms will be 

 set to more tedious work in ironstone pits. At present it is unrivalled 

 in the variety of organic remains, which may be collected from the 

 cliffs of lias, marlstone, and ironstone, at a small distance. 



PLATE XXIX. Rockcliff, or Boulby Cliff, p. 142. 



The Lias series in this great cliff is complete, except as to the base, which 

 indeed is nowhere clearly seen on the Yorkshire coast. Among other 

 curious appearances at the base of the cliff are shales so wasted below 

 masses of harder material, that these look like mushrooms on pedicles. 



PLATE XXX. Geological Map, p. 168. 



On this Map tbe principal masses of strata which appear at or near the surface 

 in Yorkshire are marked by colours, with as much fullness of detail as 



