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dards," an assemblage of large stones on the 

 boundary between Westmorland and York- 

 shire, about five miles east of Kirkby Stephen, 

 which are in all probability of Druidical 

 erection. 



Shap, which is one of the market-towns of 

 Westmorland, consists of a line of houses, 

 chiefly cottages, built at considerable intervals 

 on each side of the road, and extending about 

 a mile in length. The situation is elevated, 

 and being unsheltered by any hills immedi- 

 ately near to it, is exposed to every wind 

 that blows. The frequent rain, driven by 

 the unmitigated force of the wind against the 

 sides of the houses, causes a dampth to strike 

 through the thickest walls, and makes it 

 rather difficult to find a perfectly dry lodging- 

 room in the comfortless inn where the coach 

 stops. In the neighbourhood there is some 

 tolerably good pasture, which has been re- 

 claimed from the moor ; and a few oats are 

 cultivated, which only perfectly ripen and 

 yield a good crop in hot and dry seasons, 



