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HUDLESTON AND DAVIS : EXCUESION. 
"In walking" from Malham the best foot road is by Well 
Head Lathe ; it is shorter and prettier. By the carriag-e road 
observe at Carlton the conspicuous white farm house ; this is on 
the site of the house of General Lambert. The church is interest- 
ing-, observe the Saxon or Norman Font, the niches for saints in 
the pillars, said to be a characteristic of churches built by the 
Tempest family ; also the Lambert Monuments. 
" On Malham Moor the Silurian Rock crops out at the point 
M'here the road to Kilnsey crosses the beck above Gordale ; in 
the line of springs between Waterhouses Caponer : in the bed of 
the beck in Streets Pasture ; in the Grip by the side of the road 
near Caponer ; on Black Hill, Catrigg Pasture, Neals Ing, and 
then at Horton. 
"Two stones in the Tarn near to, andj north -of the great 
Close Plantation, are a conglomerate of fragments of slate mixed 
and cemented with lime. They just show above water. Bye the 
bye, will your party want my boats ? I have three. Will any 
of them care to fish ? If so write to me and I will tell my 
keepers. 
" Believe me, yours very faithfully, 
"W. MORRISON," 
"James W. Davis. 
The opinion was expressed that the water at once falls into the 
north branch of the Craven fault, which crosses the moors about 
this spot. The kindness of Mr. Morrison in offering the party 
the use of boats and other facilities was duly acknowledged, and 
the Honorary Secretary was requested to convey the thanks of 
the Societies to that gentleman. Here the party divided. A 
numb T of them returned towards Malham, and thence to Bell 
Busk, and tlie other portion, under the guidance of Mr. Davis, 
took the road across the moors for the Victoria Cave and Settle. 
Owing to the inequalities of the ground, the latter party became 
sub-divided, though both sections arrived at the Victoria Cave 
about the same time. Some interesting observations relative to 
