i8 VALE OF PICKERING. 1. 



Produce : wood, grafs, and corn : the 

 two latter at prefent intermixt, from the cen- 

 ter of the area to the fummit of the marginal 

 heights. The iirfl, though abundant, being 

 confined principally to the vallics of the 

 margin, does not afford general ornament ; 

 nor even appear to the eye at a diftance^ 

 On a near view, however, fome of thofe val- 

 lies contain great beauties. The fituation of 

 Rivaulx, the fite of a dilapidated monaftery, 

 would fatisfy the m.ofl craving eye. Were 

 the cxtenfive woodlands which thefe vallies 

 contain fcattcred on the bofoms of the fur- 

 rounding hills, the Vale of Pickering would 

 be a pafTiige of country as fingular in point 

 of beauty as it is in natural fituation. 



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