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amongst the bills. Over the edge of Swaledale opposite 

 Kisdon, Rogan's Seat attains 2204 feet, with an elevated spur 

 of hill stretching out from it towards the south, upon which is 

 a station for Sphagnum niolluscum. A stream runs down from 

 the peaks towards the south and falls into the Swale at Gunner- 

 side. It has a steep grassy glen, margined by the Main Lime- 

 stone scars, which yield Sesleria and Galium sylvesfre, and in a 

 streamlet which flows from them Epilobium alsmifolium grows. 

 Here are some of the lead works of the Old Gang vein, with, 

 as is usual, abundance of Arenaria verna. East of this glen 

 Friarfold Moor attains 1935 feet, and Brownsey Moor, which 

 stands boldly out towards the main dale, 1765 feet. On the 

 east of these there is another glen, which opens out at Healaugh, 

 and beyond it a third ridge, of whicii the summits are Pinseat 

 on the north-west (1914 feet), and Calvey (1599 feet), in the 

 angle between the Swale and the Arkle. 



Between Maker and Reeth the distance is nine miles, the 

 course of the stream being again due east, and its fall com- 

 paratively gentle, not above twenty-five feet per mile on the 

 average. The slope of the south of the dale is much less broken 

 than that of the north, the streams being mere rivulets and the 

 summit of drainage nowhere more than two miles from the river. 

 The population of this part of the dale is thin, the dale narrow 

 and grassy, its slopes steep and occasionally covered with wood. 

 Beginning on the west the peaks of the southern ridge are 

 Lovely Seat (2215 feet), Muker Moor (1992 feet), Crackpot 

 Moor (1772 feet), Kendall Bottom (18 19 feet), and Grinton 

 Moor (1676 feet). The Upper Limestone forms scars along the 

 edge of the dale in many places. From Muker the Main Lime- 

 stone rises slightly towards the east, so ihat at Reeth we have it 

 nearly or (j[uite at the top of the fells on both sides of the river. 



From Reeth, Arkengarthdale runs up in a north-western 

 direction and at its head opens out into the great Stainmoor 

 depression between the peaks of Hoove (1816 feet), and Water 



Sept. 1888. 



