DOVE DALE REVISITED Up 



Sheldon's book for his guide. * During my 

 short visit I found no opportunity of con- 

 sulting it, or of visiting the upper portions 

 of the river. 



Thor's Cave is mentioned as being one of 

 the most remarkable objects in the Manifold 

 valley. 



The Poet caught a fine grayling and rejoiced 

 over it ; the Parson got two trout and piously 

 put them back ; the Doctor and the Major 

 were not successful ; and the Master, dis- 

 daining trout, caught no grayling. 



Saturday, October 4th. Bitterly cold, windy, 

 wet morning, blowing and blustering right down 

 the stream, for whether the wind comes over 

 Thorpe Cloud, or down from The Hazels, or 

 round the corner from the Twelve Apostles 

 and the Lover's Leap, or from over the heights 

 of Bunster, down stream it rushes to the detri- 

 ment of all fishing, and especially from our 

 side. The sun has not been seen in these 

 regions for many a day. I caught one large 

 trout and one small grayling both went back 

 to their native element, the first because he 

 was a trout, and the second because he was 

 not big enough for breakfast. The Master, I 



