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THE PEAK OF DEKBTSHIKB. 
THIS MOORS. 
Dekbtshiee is every where fruitful in natural curiosili^ 
among the most striking of which may be reckoned ' 
Moors of Hope Parish, inasmuch as they afford an exo 
ordinary instance of the preservation of human bpo 
interred in them. In the year 1074 a grazier and liiS 
male servant, in crossing these Moors on their way to • 
land, were lost in the snow, with which they were covC' 
from January to May, when, on their being found, , 
bodies were so offensive that the Coroner ordered theif 
be buried on the spot. After a lapse of twenty-nine ye^ 
on tlie ground being opened, they were in no w.ay chatty 
the colour of the skin being fair and natural, and the 
as soft as tliat of persons newly dead. For twenty 
ceeding years they were occasionally exposed as a spect»^|^ 
but carefully covered after being viewed. They lay at 
deptli of about three feet, in a moist soil, or mow. 
Minister of Hope Parish was present in 1710, 
years after the accident, at a particular inspection of % 
bodies. On the stockings being drawn off, the niaif s 
■which had not been uncovered before, were quite fair = 
flesh, when pressed by the finger, pitted a little ; and ,, 
joints played freely, witliout the least stifthess. Such V , 
of the clothing as tlie avidity of the country people^ 
possess so great a curiosity, had spared, were firm ^ 
good ; and a piece of new serge, worn by the womani 
not appear to have undergone any sensible change. 
OTHER ENGLISH CURIOSITIES 
Among the extraordinary caverns to be found 
mountains of the north of England, may be recoil) 
Yordas Cave, in the vale of Kingsdale, i.i Yorkshire, " ^ 
contains a subterraneous cascade, Whethercot Ca'' ' 
