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Sampson Hastings, they will find him located 

 in a sort of shed, built in the ruins of his moun- 

 tain cot, which was burnt down a short time 

 since. It will be a real charity to employ this 

 poor veteran as a guide, and, candidly speaking, 

 w r e know no man who has a more exact know- 

 ledge of the Dove in its passage through the 

 Dale. 



From Mill -dale to a large isolated rocky 

 column called Ham Stone the scenery is 

 the same as hitherto described. The stream 

 now grows wider, and varies from twelve to 

 twenty yards in its further progress through the 

 Dale. From Ham Stone to Reynard's Hall, 

 and to the rocks called Dove-dale Church, the 

 scenery is extremely imposing. On this sub- 

 ject we will quote an excellent description by 

 the Rev. D. P. Davies: " Reynard's Hall is a 

 natural cave of forty-five feet in length, fifteen 

 in breadth, and thirty in height. From the 

 mouth of this cavern, the scene is singular, 

 beautiful, and impressive. The face of the rock 

 which contains the arch, rises immediately in 

 front, and would effectually prevent the eye 

 from ranging beyond its mighty barrier, did not 

 its centre open into the above-mentioned arch, 

 through which is seen a small part of the oppo- 

 site side of the Dale, a mass of gloomy wood, 

 from whose shade a huge detached rock, soli- 



