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up to Honister Pass. North of Grange, the scratches are almost 

 wholly confined to heights below 1000 feet, with the exception of 

 some at the north end of Castlerigg Fell, which have a N.jST.W. 

 and S.S.E. direction up to the verge of the steep Wallow Crag, 

 and are at a height of nearly 1200 feet. On the eastern slopes of 

 Cat Bells the scratches point slightly up and across the ridge. 



2. Thirlmere Valley. — Here also the main direction of the 

 scratches is that of the valley and its tributaries. They are not 

 very frequent on the steep western flanks of the Iielvellyn range, 

 but occur every here and there from 2500 feet (in Browncove) 

 downwards. The scratches over Armboth Fell run in the same 

 direction as those in that of the Watendlath valley, and evidently 

 belong to the same series. The extensive tableland around High 

 Seat (1996 feet) seems free from any rock-groovings above 1500 

 feet. 



3. Kesivick Vale and its smaller side valleys. — But few scratched 

 surfaces are to be seen in this wide valley ; this is in part due to the 

 covering of drift, and in part to the splintering character of the 

 Skiddaw Slate. All the scratches hitherto mentioned, with but few 

 exceptions, occur among the rocks of the Borrowdale volcanic series, 

 which, being harder than the Skiddaw Slate, generally retain the 

 markings better. In Keswick Yale, out of nine instances of scratched 

 rocks, three are found upon small bosses of greenstone intruded 

 among the slate. 



A few cases of scratches occur along the southern flanks of Blen- 

 cathra, the direction being with the mountain-side and below 1000 

 feet. Others are found on either side of Bassenthwaite Lake, where 

 the valley is narrowest. Down the tributary valleys of Newlands 

 and Coledale, sets of scratches also run, following the direction of 

 the valleys. 



4. Buttermere and Lovton Valley. — On Fleetwith, behind Honis- 

 ter Crag, there are many scratched surfaces from 1750 feet down- 

 wards ; and in the combes and glens joining the main valley they 

 occur above 1000 feet, and sometimes as high as 1750 feet. But 

 the main-valley scratches are seldom to be found on the mountain- 

 sides above 800 feet, with the exception of a case upon the flanks 

 of Grasmoor, where the height is rather over 1000 feet. 



At the southern end of Mellbreak (20), the direction seems to 

 part on either side the mountain ; and again at the northern end of 

 Crummock Water, where one set of scratches points straight down 

 the vale of Lorton, and another set runs parallel with Loweswater. 



5. Ennerdale. — The scratches are less numerous in this valley 

 owing to the large amount of fallen material hiding the steep moun- 

 tain-sides. Besides some few cases of scratches following the 

 direction of the main valley, below 1000 feet, there are many point- 

 ing down the hill-side out of the various combes beneath Pillar 

 (24) and Haycock (25), and down the northern flanks of Kirk Fell 

 (23), some of which are at a height of more than 2000 feet. 



G. Ullswater Valley (western side of). — Several large valleys run 

 eastwards from the lofty Helvcllyn range to join the main valley 



