THE YORE DISTRICT. 1 63 



Aquilegia vulgaris 



Hutchinsia petrcBa 



Draba incana 



Stellaria nemoruni 



Rubus saxatilis 



Rosa involuta 



Ribes alpinum 



Hieraciuin murorum 

 „ crocaiiim 

 „ corymbosum 



Salix nigricatis 



Ophrys muscifera 

 Habenaria albida 

 Poa fiemorahs 

 Aspleniuin viride 



Gy77inostomuin rupestre 



„ curvirostrian 



AjJiphoridium Mougeotii 

 Orthotheciu7n mtricatum 

 Brachythecium glareosum. 



The top of Fossdale is coincident with the head of Cliff Gill 

 which falls into the Swale from the south-west at Muker. Along 

 the edge of the two glens runs the road which leads across the 

 moors from Muker to Hawes. The pass is called the Butter- 

 tubs Pass and is 1760 feet above the level of the sea. On the 

 moors bordering the pass Listera cordata grows, and the Parsley 

 Fern occurs distributed among the grit tumble on the hill- top. 

 On the west of it rises thfe huge bulk of Shunnor Fell, and on 

 the opposite side Lovely Seat stands boldly out against it, the 

 summit of the hill being fully 500 feet above the highest point 

 of the pass. This last is perhaps the most conveniently situated 

 of all the hills of the district for giving a panoramic view of the 

 upper part of the Swaledale and Yored^le hollows and it com- 

 mands also a sight of the peaks of Whernside and Ingleborough. 



From the Lovely Seat peak eastward along the watershed the 

 ridge reaches the Upper Zone for at least a mile, and on the edge 

 of Yoredale, immediately over Sedbusk, Stag's Fell attains 1756 

 feet. The next glen is called Skellgill and is a narrow, unin- 

 habited, somewhat rocky gill which runs from north-west to 

 south-east and yields Ranunculus Lenormandi, Ribes pet?ceum, 

 Bryum alpinum and A7ititrichia curtipendula. At the little town 

 of Askrigg a very interesting glen, also from the north-west, 

 pours its waters into the Yore. This is called WhitHeld Gill 

 and lower down Mill Gill, and contains four waterfalls of great 

 beauty, two of which are of considerable depth. Its two branches 

 run at first for about a couple of miles in undulated moorland 



.Sept. t888. 



