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was off like a shot into the river-bank, but the 

 rabbit lay dead on the green grass. 



"Beneath the quaint little manor-house of 

 Wolfscote Grange," says Mr. Sheldon, "stands 

 one of the boldest bluffs of rock, and at the 

 foot of it is a cavern named ' Frank 's i' the Rock,' 

 and so called on account of a man bearing that 

 name, who lived in it many years with his 

 wife, and had eleven children there." This 

 is elsewhere called Franklin Rock (see illus- 

 tration). 



A little farther down we found the Stafford- 

 shire side impassable, and so crossed over by 

 a very picturesque bridge called Wolfscote 

 Bridge to the Peak of Derbyshire side. It 

 forms a delightful picture when viewed from the 

 open meadow below, overhung as it is by the 

 green foliage of large trees forming a lovely 

 background. 



On our left, as we pass down the dale, we 

 come upon an enormous rough-looking moun- 

 tain with a horse-road leading from it to the 

 bridge. This is called HANSON TOOT; it is 

 the mountain down which, on their way from 

 Ashbourne to Beresford, came " Piscator " and 

 " Viator " : 



