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brings us to the " Moorcock," a wayside inn popularly 

 known as " Bill's o' Jack's," a form of name eminently 

 characteristic of the neighbourhood. Here, on April 2, 

 1832, was perpetrated a savage murder. Two game- 

 keepers were the victims ; and partly from the fright- 

 ful nature of the crime, in these quiet retreats un- 

 precedented, partly from the circumstance of the mo- 

 tives never being ascertained, and the murderers never 

 discovered, it created a profound and memorable sensa- 

 tion. Pursuing the road for about four miles, we reach 

 the inn called, on account of the great elevation of the 

 ground, the " Isle of Skye," and another four miles, did 

 we continue, would see us at Holmfirth. The moors, 

 for more than a mile on the Greenfield side of the " Isle 

 of Skye," are plentifully strewed with the cloud-berry, 

 Ru'bus Chamamo'rus, growing in patches among the 

 whortles, &c. ; and when, in the middle of August, 

 covered with its rich orange-red fruit, which resembles a 

 large blackberry of very few grains, presenting a most 

 bright and pretty spectacle. The fruit is not cared for 

 by the grouse, and being of agreeable flavour, is col- 

 lected for sale, and finds purchasers at 23. 6d. per quart. 

 For Seal-Bark, we must diverge to the right at " Bill's 

 o' Jack's," and descending thrdugh the plantation, and 

 scaling the wall, make our way to the margin of the 

 brook, which has then to be met for a mile or two. The 

 mountains here are truly grand, craggy at the summits, 

 totally destitute of building, and with their sides either 



