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"Waver, is rerairkable for its old abbey church. AUonhii enjoys some favour as a 

 watering-place. Mary port is one of the coal-shipping towns of Cumberland, at the 

 mouth of the Eller, with a harbour enclosed between two piers. Cottons and lead 

 pencils are manufactured, and ships built. The coal mines, upon which the town 

 mainly depends for its prosperity, lie at Dearham, a couple of miles inland. WorH- 

 ington, another coal-shipping port, is at the mouth of the Derwent. Whitehaven is 



Fig. 142. - Screes at Wastwater, Cl mrerland. 



more important than either of the above, and besides shipping immense quantities 

 of coal and iron ore, engages in the manufacture of iron, canvas, cottons, ropes, 

 and other articles. The coal mines extend under the sea. Much of the coal shipped 

 from Whitehaven is brought from the colliery town of ClcaJon Moor, whilst Egre- 

 mont, a few miles to the south, supplies hematite iron ores. During the American 

 War of Independence in 1778, Paul Jones, the famous privateer, had the audacity 

 to land at Whitehaven, where he spiked the guns and set fire to two English ships 



