-290 SLATE QUARRY. 



AMICUS. Here is another change in the 

 character of the rock. Is that the entrance 

 of a quarry ? 



PISCATOR. Yes ; and those men under yonder 

 shed are employed in cleaving the fragments of 

 rock into roofing slate. Observe the skill of 

 that workman ; how by a few taps well directed 

 to the edges with his thin knife-like hammer, 

 and then using it as a wedge, he separates the 

 laminae, and then, by two or three additional 

 blows, knocking off what is superfluous, he gives 

 them their proper form. Step into the quarry 5 

 the passage will admit our horses. Be care- 

 ful, however, when you reach its end, the 

 end of the passage, the main excavation being 

 there suddenly precipitous. 



AMICUS. What a grand dome, and how fine 

 the effect of the light penetrating from the 

 central opening above into the darkness ! 



PISCATOR. Now let us remount and hasten on, 

 for we have still a good way to go, and a good 

 deal to see. 



AMICUS. Another hamlet, and pleasantly si- 

 tuated, and provided with a public house. 



PISCATOR. This is Eosswhaite; and a good 

 station it is for the tourist who wishes to ex- 



