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mass of glacial gravel at P 65, below which point we were unable to trace 

 its course. 



The fluorescein from the flows just described having been allowed to 

 pass off, the streams sinking at P 48 and P 49 near Bent Hill Rig Barn 

 were next tested. These were found to unite and to flow along a master 

 joint in the limestone via P 59 and P 60, and then to turn down a cross- 

 joint to S 88, on Ashes Shaw Pasture Rocks. From S 88, after an over- 

 ground journey of about ten yards, the water sinks at P61, and again 

 resumes the direction of the master joints, running parallel to the hillside 

 to Rake Spring, S 91. 



The stream from Rake Spring flows overground past the south end of 

 Salt Lake Quarry, beneath the railway, and through Ashes Gill Planta- 

 tion to P 66, on Ashes Eller Bank, where it sinks in glacial drift near 

 the river. 



Sinks on Fell Close. 



There are three streams flowing over Fell Close, viz. Keld Bank Spring 

 East, sinking at P 79, Fairweather Spring East ; sinking at P 80, and Fair- 

 weather Spring West at P 81. 



These three streams were found to unite, and to issue at Eller Keld 

 Spring, S 106, whence the water flows into the bed of Winterscale Beck, 

 otherwise known as Haws Gill, where it again sinks to join the main 

 drainage of Chapel-le-Dale, which will be described later. 



Proceeding southwards, the next stream is Keld Bank Spring West, 

 which sinks on Scar Close Moss, at P 82. 



Fluorescein was put into P 82 at 12 noon on July 4, and was seen at 

 S 105 and P 8.3 at 5 p.m. on the same day, and on the following day at 

 P 84, and at Eller Keld Spring, S 106. 



The group of .small streams sinking at P 93, on Fenwick Lot, are 

 almost dry in summer, and have not yet been tested. They probably fall 

 into Douk Cave, P 95, but this will be determined in due course. 



The Wash/old on Souther Scales Fell. 



The group of streams sinking at the Washfold, P 94 and 96, on Souther 

 Scales Fell, were tested on June 30, at 2.30 p.m., and the fluorescein was 

 seen in Douk Cave, P 95, at 3.50 the same afternoon, having traversed a 

 well-marked joint running N, 10° W., via the pothole known as Little 

 Douk Cave. 



In Douk Cave the water again sinks, and the green colour was 

 observed in Chapel Beck, in the pool below Gods Bridge, at 1 P.M. on 

 July 3, and was much stronger at 2.30 p.m. 



The stream was low at the time, and there was little water above 

 Gods Bridge. Weathercote Cave, P 88, and Hurtle Pot, P 90, were care- 

 fully watclied from June 30 to July 3, but no trace of fluorescein was to 

 be seen in either. The conclusion arrived at was, therefore, that the water 

 from Douk Cave joins Chapel Beck on some part of its underground 

 journey between Hurtle Pot and Gods Bridge. 



The main joint at Douk Cave runs N. 65 W., and this, if continued, 

 would strike the main stream in the neighbourhood of the Vicarage, which 

 agrees very well with the conclusion mentioned above. 



The small streams sinking at P 97, P 98, and P 99, still remain to be 

 tested. 



