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of broken moorish earth, with scarcely any vegetation on it; others 

 are covered with loose sandy stone. There are also at the top, at, I 

 think, about two miles distance from each other, two tarns, or lakes, 

 of many acres extent each, the bottom of one of them, so far as can 

 be seen, is formed of fine light grey sand. There are also, on diffe- 

 rent parts of this mountain, many slate quarries and coal-mines, like- 

 wise vast tracts of peat earth. 



" But to return to the marble quarry : it lies, as was observed be- 

 fore, about the middle of the ascent, up the side of Bowfell, fronting, 

 or forming one side of Garsdale. The ground there, and in its vici- 

 nity, is moderately level, compared with that which lies above and 

 below, and is rather of a swampy nature, abounding with springs, 

 where the earth has been moved to uncover the beds of stone, which lay 

 near the surface of the ground; the blocks of which are of great mag- 

 nitude. At a small distance from this spot, east and west, are two 

 projecting dry limestone hills, parts of which appear to be formed 

 of similar marble, and it is, perhaps worthy of observation, that on the 

 mountain on the opposite side of the valley, are seen two other hills 

 of a similar nature, (as near as the eye can form a judgment) on the 

 same level. This marble is in great request in the north part of the 

 island ; it is carried to Kendal, about eighteen miles from the quariy. 

 where it is manufactured into chimney-pieces, slabs for sideboards 

 and monuments. In the course of my journey I saw several chimney- 

 pieces and monuments which had been made of it. There is a great 

 demand for it at Manchester, Liverpool, Sec. It is worthy of ob- 

 servation, that at the head of Garsdale, the water separates and runs 

 east and west, and joins rivers which fall into the sea at opposite sides 

 of the island, viz. That which goes east forms a part of the river 

 Swale, which passes by Richmond and Thirsk and falls into the Ouse, 

 and then into the Humber : that which runs west down Garsdale, is 

 called the CloufF, and joins the JLune near Sedbergh, and falls into 

 the Irish Sea below Lancaster/' 



