142 DOVE DALE REVISITED 



and tumble down. . . . Pray, what do you call 

 this Hill we come -down ? 



" Pise. We call it Hanson Toot. 



" Viat. Why, farewell, Hanson Toot. I'll no 

 more on thee. I'll go twenty miles first." 



Passing down Narrow Dale, which extends 

 from Beresford Dale to Load Mill and Mill 

 Dale, and is truly a barren, wild-looking place 

 with steep and craggy hills, we came upon the 

 Fish Hatchery, which on my last visit was quite 

 new, having only just been erected by Sir Henry 

 Allsopp, and was in full working order. Now, 

 alas ! it is in a state of absolute ruin, the tanks 

 broken and rotten, the beds overgrown with 

 weeds, altogether presenting an appearance of 

 desolation. 



Having refreshed ourselves with tea at Ham- 

 bleton's newly-built, very pretty little temperance 

 hotel in Mill Dale, Alstonefield, we proceeded 

 onwards. Here Lord Hindlip, since our last 

 visit, has erected some picturesque cottages for 

 his keepers. Mr. J. P. Sheldon, writing in 

 1894, says: 



"Immense numbers of young fry have been 

 turned into the river in Lord Hindlip's domain ; 



