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three, and towards the south we have Cam Fell with its lime- 

 stone pavement, wild and dreary Langstrothdale and the upper 

 waters of the Wharfe, and farther towards the south and west is 

 outspread a wide surface of moorland country in which the three 

 peaks which have just been named are the most conspicuous ob- 

 jects. The Gayledale stream runs through Hawes and has a fine 

 waterfall upon it two miles from the Yore, a broad spreading fall 

 from thirty to forty feet in depth over limestone based upon 

 shale, with steep wooded shaly banks upon both sides of the 

 stream for some distance below it. The more interesting plants 

 of Gayledale from Dodd Fell summit to Gayle Force are : 



Stella ria 7iemonim 



Rubus saxatills 

 Ribes alpinum 

 Saxifraga granulata 

 ,, hypnoides 

 Sedutii villosuni j Polytrichitm g?-acile 



HieraciujH crocatiun Blindia acuta. 



Hieracium amplexicaule * 



Salix phylicifolia 

 Habenaria albida 

 Polypodium calcareuin 



The next ridge has the gritstone over the Mountain Lime- 

 stone in one place only, and that is within two miles of 

 Hawes, on the peak of Weather Fell, or, as it is sometimes 

 called. Bear's Head, 2015 feet in altitude. Semerdale is 

 unique amongst the North Yorkshire dales in its shape and 

 character. The hills that on each side guard its entrance 

 stand boldly out towards the Yore, especially Addlebrough, 

 at the termination of the boundary ridge on the east, a 

 square-topped hill 1564 feet in altitude, which is crested on 

 its north-western side by crags of the Underset Limestone 

 and forms a conspicuous object from the lower part of 

 Wensleydale. Allhwi vineale grows on the rocks at the 

 summit, and in the hollow at the foot of the hill on 

 the north side, is some dangerous marshy ground, in the 

 stagnant pools of which Utriadaria minor grows. The 

 elevation of this station is about 1300 feet. At the bottom 

 of Semerdale stands the village of Bainbridge and its stream is 

 sometimes called the Bain ; on the wet stony banks above the 



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