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above a hundred feet; it comes from a mill at some distance, and 

 after a course upon a descent of near an hundred feet from the level 

 of the mill, it arrives at the brink of the precipice, whence it falls 

 in a beautiful manner, and striking upon a part of the cliff, rushes 

 from it in a wider cataract to the bottom, where falling with great 

 violence, it makes a deep and foaming bason in the ground. This 

 Wonderful fall of water causes the surrounding air at the bottom to 

 be so impregnated with aqueous particles, that a person approach- 

 ing it finds himself in a mist. 



In the vale of Kingsdale, on the western extremity of Yorkshire, 

 is Yordas cave, which presents a subterraneous cascade j this cave 

 is about fifty yards in length. But the most noted is Wethercot 

 cave, not far from Ingleton. It is surrounded with trees and 

 shrubs, in form like a lozenge, divided by an arch of lime-stone, 

 passing under which yon behold a large cascade, falling from a 

 height of more than twenty yards j the length of this cave is about 

 sixty yards, the breadth thirty. This large limestone base of lu- 

 gleborough is perforated in all directions like a honeycomb. It is 

 the river Wease, or Greta, which pervades the cave at Wethercot, 

 and another at Gatekirk* and runs not less than two miles under- 

 ground. This stream must not be confounded with the Greta, 

 which falls into the Tees near Barnard-castle, and rises near 

 Brough, in Stanmore ; two rivers, the Ouse and the Swale, run- 

 ning betwixt them. Among other curiosities in this neighbourhood, 

 must not be omitted Hurtlepot, a round deep cavity, near forty 

 yards in diameter, almost surrounded with rocks, about thirty feet 

 perpendicular, above its black waters, while the overbranching 

 trees increase the horrors of the scene. Not far to the south-east, 

 is a lake called Malham Tarn, of clear and very cold water, abound- 

 ing in trout. This is the source of the river Aire, which runs 

 about a mile under-ground ; and near it is Malham cove, a kind 

 of amphitheatre, of smooth perpendicular limestone, about 280 

 feet high in the centre. The river Kibble, near its origin in these 

 parts, also sinks into a deep cavern ; and silently pervades the 

 mountains for about three miles. Near Settle, at the bottom of 

 some calcareous rocks, is one of the most remarkable ebbing and 

 flowiug wells in the kingdom. 



Mr. Housmau also gives a good account of these curiosities, lie 

 observes, p. 26, that rocks are iu Cumberland called Linns, 



