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tary, craggy, and pointed, starts out to a great 

 height, and forms an object truly sublime. 

 This rock is known by the appellation of Dove- 

 dale Church, and is pleasingly contrasted by the 

 little pastoral river, and its verdant turfy bank 

 below. The approach to these natural excava- 

 tions Reynard's Hole and Hall is very dif- 

 ficult of access even on foot, but impracticable 

 on horse-back : the latter [mode of ascending], 

 however, was unfortunately tried about seventy 

 years ago. The Rev. Mr. Langton, Dean of 

 Clogher, in Ireland, proposed to ascend on 

 horse-back a very steep precipice, near Rey- 

 nard's Hole, apparently between three and four 

 hundred feet high ; and Miss La Roche, a 

 young lady of the dean's party, agreed to ac- 

 company him on the same horse. When they 

 had climbed the rock to a considerable height, 

 the poor animal, unable to sustain the fatigue of 

 the task imposed upon him, fell under his bur- 

 den and rolled down the steep. The dean was 

 precipitated to the bottom, where he was taken 

 up so bruised and mangled by the fall, that he 

 expired in a few days after, and was buried in 

 Ashborne church : but the young lady, whose 

 descent had been retarded by her hair entang- 

 ling in a bramble bush, slowly recovered; 

 though when disengaged, she was insensible, 

 and continued so for two days. The horse, 



