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rises in the high moors of the county, on the borders 

 of Derbyshire, and passing by Sheffield and Rotheram, 

 it receives the Rother, and then flows through a 

 beautiful vale to Doncaster, and after being joined by 

 the Wen^ and dividing, meets the Northern Ouse at 

 Goole in one branch, and passing under Lord Downe's 

 seat at Cowre, joins the Aire below Snaith in the 

 other. The Wharf e is a rapid river, which rises in the 

 moors, and, increased by the small stream which forms 

 Langther Dale, the Washbrook, and Cock, flows 

 eastward by Otley to Weatherby, and joins the Ouse 

 near Cawood. The Nidd is another rapid stream, 

 which rises in Nithersdale Forest, in the moors bounding 

 the North Riding of the county. It dashes over a rough 

 bed of rock to reach Knaresborough, the waters of 

 whose famous dropping-well run into it, and it ulti- 

 mately runs into the Ouse further north. The Yore, 

 or Ure, is a river of similar rapidity, which has its 

 source on the borders of Westmoreland, in the northern 

 moors of Yorkshire, flows first eastward, and then 

 southerly to Ripon, and then again eastward to 

 Boroughbridge and Aldborough, soon after which it 

 receives the Swall, from Richmond, both these rivers 

 forming the Ouse. The Swall rises northward of the 

 Ure, in the same range of moors, not far from Kirkby 

 Stephen, in Westmoreland, and flowing, with great ra- 

 pidity, first south-east, then north-east to Richmond, and 

 then again south-easterly, joins the Ure below Borough- 

 bridge. The Northern Ouse, which first takes its 

 name near the village of Ouseburne, below Aldborough, 

 is a sluggish stream, like its namesake of Bedfordshire. 

 It flows in a south-easterly direction, receiving the Ure 

 and the Swale near Boroughbridge, the Nidd a few 



