Chatburn. 219 



railway. The journey thither is best made upon foot, 

 and the rails can be taken for returning, either to Clithe- 

 roe, or forwards to Manchester. Going about half-a-mile 

 along the highway, we turn through a gate into a down- 

 ward-sloping field upon the left, the path through which 

 presently goes under a flat railway-bridge, and then leads 

 to one along the foot of the first quarry, and so in to the 

 fields again. Many unaccustomed plants occur here, as 

 wild thyme, wild marjoram, and the Pimpinella magna, 

 indicating the calcareous formation below; and in a little 

 bushy lane is abundance of the Tamus, the spiral vessels 

 of which are such charming objects when magnified and 

 viewed with the polariscope. Here, also, nuts are pro- 

 duced plentifully. 



For the whole distance, indeed everywhere hereabouts, 

 we have in the east the constant and huge companion- 

 ship of Pendle Hill. Looking back, the Keep of Clitheroe 

 Castle, standing high in air, maintains also a character 

 truly majestic, especially when, as upon the occasion 

 of festivals and galas, the standard is elevated upon the 

 flag-staff. By and bye, upon the right, down in the val- 

 ley, we see the Chatburn terminus and adjacent hotel, 

 and curling round towards them by the high road, the 

 walk is completed. The Chatburn quarries are capital 

 ground for the student of fossil-shells and other remains 

 that belong to and characterise the great strata known 

 as " limestone." Here are found plenty of Terebrat'ulce, 

 the Productus, the beautiful broad-hinged and deeply- 



