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The lecturer then proceeded to review picturesque York- 
shire, dealing first with the dales and then with the coast. 
Particularly delightful were the slides illustrating such 
quaint spots as Redcar, Staithes, Runswick Bay, Sandsend, 
and Robin Hood’s Bay. In many places on the north 
Yorkshire coast the sea is gradually gaining upon the land 
at the rate of two yards per year, though in the region of 
the Spurn new land is being deposited. 
Yorkshire is a county of an infinite variety of interests. 
Apart from the moorlands and scenes of quiet pastoral 
beauty, Yorkshire contains some of the finest architectural 
monuments in the country. Beverley Market Cross — the 
Bars of York and other ancient towns — ruined abbeys like 
Kirkstall, Fountains, Jervaulx, Whitby, and Bolton — 
mediaeval castles such as those at Skipton and Richmond, 
were all illustrated by the lantern and suitably commented 
upon. The county has proved itself to be rich, too, in 
archeological remains. Flint implements, celts, and objects 
belonging to the Bronze Age have been frequently unearthed. 
In such a large area as Yorkshire, in which so many different 
types of country are to be found and in which different 
influences have operated in different regions, one must not 
expect to find any one type, constant and well-defined. On 
the whole, whoever, it can be said that Yorkshiremen are 
inclined naturally to be mathematical and musical ; but 
above everything they are practical in their outlook upon 
life. In the country districts they rather tend to be “wise 
after the event ” and it has been said, with some truth, 
that they “ have more humour than wit.” They are hos- 
pitable but most strongly resent anything savouring of 
patronage. 
