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Yore Armeria mantima grows in abundance, and also on the 

 plain immediately below the bold scar of Upper Limestone in 

 Oxclose. The elevation of the highest point where it here 

 grows scarcely exceeds 250 yards. I have not seen the plant 

 elsewhere in an inland station except at a much greater altitude 

 amongst the mountains, as for instance at the head of the 

 Whey Sike in Teesdale and upon the crags of TwU Du and 

 Crib-y-ddysgyl in Snowdonia, but here it is to be met with in 

 the greatest luxuriance and profusion. Thlaspi occitanum grows 

 along with it in abundance, but is chiefly confined to the 

 more elevated parts of the stream. Ophrys musdfera grows in 

 the woods here. By Locker Tarn above Carperby Galh/m 

 uliginostim grows. Past Carperby the dale widens and the hills 

 decline in altitude. At Bolton the ruins of the old castle 

 occupy a prominent position upon the hill-slope. Near the end 

 of the village is a rocky and wooded ravine, which extends 

 about a mile up the hill in the direction of Swaledale. The 

 stream flowing through the glen has its origin high up on the 

 moors and becomes quite considerable at the village of Red- 

 mire, which lies in the hollow below Bolton. Epipactis latifolia 

 and Pyrola minor grow here. Then comes Preston with its 

 scar and lead-mines, with abundance of Arenaiia vefna and 

 Viola luiea ; and beneath it, at the bottom of the hollow, 

 stands Bolton Hall, surrounded with woods, and near it the 

 liitle village of Wensley, which gives its name to the dale. 



From the edge of the moor above Wensley runs a long con- 

 tinuous gradually-declining scar of Main Limestone which is 

 called Leyburn Shawl. The hill-slope below the cliff is covered 

 with a dense wood. In proceeding along the walks which 

 extend for a mile along the summit of the scar, a magnificent 

 view is obtained of the great Wensleydale hollow, and of 

 Penhill and the branching sylvan dales which run up behind 

 it and past it on the south ; and above the scar upwards to the 

 watershed ridge, stretch the Millstone Grit beds of the hill 

 summits, with extensive flagstone workings excavated amongst 



Sept. 1888. 



