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ing some of these no relic or tool of any kind could be found that 

 would indicate the purpose for which the mounds were made, so 

 the solution of the question to us remained a mystery. Here in 

 the western end of the Meiidip Hills is situated the somewhat 

 celebrated Cheddar gorge and cliffs, which appears to be a rift or 

 chasm cut in the mountain side b}^ action of the elements through 

 the lapse of countless ages. The gorge is very irregular in shape, 

 with solid walls of rock on either side rising from 200 to 400 or 

 more feet in height, in many places almost perpendicular, with 

 overhanging cliffs. A fine road and carriage drive winds down' 

 through the gorge, and at the lower end near the town of Cheddar 

 are located the wonderful caverns known locally as Gough's and 

 Cox's Caves, views from which will be shown on the screen. 



We would be remiss in our duty were we to confine our re- 

 marks regarding the beauty of this, our fatherland, to England 

 alone. The mountain scenery and rngged grandeur of the Scottish 

 Highlands, with their heath-crowned domes, precipitous crags, 

 mountain glens, valleys and placid lochs, has really to be seen be- 

 fore it can be appreciated or enjoyed, while the same thing can be 

 said about Ireland— that land usually stigmatized as the land of 

 Paddy Whack, Donn3"brook fairs and shillalahs. 



A coach ride up the Boyne River valley and to other parts of 

 the Kmerald Isle proved to us the fallacy of supposing Ireland in 

 any way destitute of charming, rural landscapes, worth going many 

 miles to see. 



