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of water is much Ibroken into spray in its fall, and when the sun 

 shines on it, then 



" Iris there with humid bow 

 "Waters the odorous banks, that blow 

 Flowers of more mingled hue 

 Than her purpled scarf can shew, 

 And drenches with Elysian dew 

 Beds of hyacinths and roses." 



""We had the small ambition to slip or slide along the sloping 

 bank behind the fall, and as there was a strong breeze blowing 

 we were well besprinkled for our pains. We actually saw some 

 less dignified visitors shielding themselves with an umbrella. The 

 place is laid out at the expense of Lord Wharncliffe for visitors, 

 so after passing through the spray we found a winding series of 

 steps to the top, leading by a flagged road to a rustic bridge 

 thrown over the stream just above the fall, where you can see 

 the little stream take its precipitous leap. This flagged road 

 is continued for nearly a mile up one side of the burn, and then 

 is crossed to a shaded walk on the other; a beautiful sylvan 

 scene, where people from " shoddy-lands" ought to be enchanted 

 with the singing of the mavis and other natural music, and not 

 require the thunder of drums and discordant sounds of amateur 

 brass bands to drown those beautiful harmonies of Nature which 

 we sat and listened to for a long time. The place has evidently 

 been laid out with considerable taste for visitors to enjoy, and 

 we again congratulated ourselves that we had seen the spot before 

 it had been trampled down by a holiday crowd. "We afterwards 

 crossed over the broad valley to Hawes, and were obligingly 

 shewn a finely-preserved stone implement (Celt), which had 

 been thrown out of a drain-cutting a short time previously by 

 some men employed on the Wharnclifie estate. This was the 

 second that had been found within a short time. 



"Hawes is rather an uninviting-looking place, irregular, and 

 not well kept ; and the inns and other buildings had for a coun- 

 try town nothing enjoyable to look at about them. Perhaps 

 they are not favoured with a Town Improvement Committee 

 and Borough and Improvement Rates, even on a small scale. 



