100 NORTH DERBYSHIRE. 



of 350 more for furnishing driving in the 

 piles, alleged as necessary to form a founda- 

 tion for that half of the bridge which rested 

 on the Hollingworth side of the river ; and 

 as the order was made by the Court, at the 

 Michaelmas Sessions, and he was on the point 

 of going to his hunting quarters in Leicester- 

 shire, he desired I would go over to the site 

 in question and look into the case myself. 

 In compliance with his wishes, I went im- 

 mediately to a very worthy friend of mine, the 

 late Mr. Henry Kelsall, of Hollingworth, who 

 was up to the time of his death land-steward 

 to Admiral Tollemache; and upon my telling 

 him the object of my visit, and requesting 

 him to accompany me to the bed of the river 

 at the bridge (about a quarter of a mile dis- 

 tant), he replied, "I can save you that 

 trouble. Some persons out of Yorkshire bor- 

 rowed the Admiral's boring rods from me, 

 and brought them back yesterday; and on 

 my asking what they had bored through, re- 

 plied, good hard marl, as good a foundation 



