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this cause can take place. As an example of the waste of the 
cliffs in the neighbourhood of Hornsea, it may be mentioned 
that one single fall of clay south of Atwick Gap measured 240ft. 
in length, was 34ft. in width in the widest part, and was esti- 
mated to contain about 9,000 tons of clay. The chalk cliffs 
along the south side of Flamborough Head have suffered to an 
unusual extent, there having been many falls of chalk and 
superincumbent clay, some of these of very large sixe. Here 
again last year’s weather is held to be responsible . — Yorkshire 
Daily Observer. 
An East Grinstead Beauty Spot. — One of the questions of 
the day at East Grinstead is the attempt on the part of the Post- 
Office authorities to spoil the beauty of Blackwell Hollow by 
the erection of a line of telegraph posts along an attractive length 
of road. East Grinstead cannot afford to have one of its beauty 
spots spoiled even to meet the demands of present-day re- 
quirements in the matter of telephonic communication. The 
deputation of the Urban Council which has been appointed to 
meet the Post-Office engineers on the matter will no doubt be 
able to state the case so eloquently that the autliorities will 
abandon the idea of erecting ugly wooden posts along the rock- 
lined tree-covered road, and accept the alternative of carrying 
the wires through pipes or on poles placed on the banks above. 
— Sussex Daily News. 
Ullswater. — The latest scheme of the National Trust — to 
acquire a portion of the Ullswater foreshore — will appeal to all 
who love Lakeland. There is, indeed, no great danger of the 
coming of the villa builder, but Aird Force and the Gowbarrow 
Fell have special claims on the nation, not less on account of 
the connection with Wordsworth than for their intrinsic beauty. 
The price, 3,580, asked by Mr. H. C. Howard for the 740 
acres which the Trust propose to buy, is locally regarded as 
very reasonable, working out at only ^18 per acre; and the 
only surprise is at the owner’s willingness to sell, seeing that 
for a very long time the mansion of Lyulph’s Tower, between 
the waterfall and the lake, has been a favourite residence of the 
Dukes of Norfolk and their descendants in the Greystoke branch 
of the family. It is worth noting, in connection with the pro- 
posed sale, that much of the beauty of the upper reach of 
Ullswater, which divides Cumberland and Westmoreland, is 
due to the foresight and enterprise of a Leeds gentleman. 
When, eighty years or so ago, Mr. William Marshall, M.P., 
purchased Patterdale Hall from the Mounseys, Kings of Patter- 
dale, there was a great lack both of timber and undergrowth. 
He planted extensively, the wood has flourished astonishingly, 
and to-day Patterdale owes a great deal of its charm to the 
trees planted by Mr. Marshall and his sons . — Yorkshire Daily Post. 
