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of broken moorish earth, with scarcely any vegetation on it ; others 
are covered with loose sandy stone. There are also at the top, at, I 
think, about two miles distance from each other, two tarns, or lakes, 
of many acres extent each, the bottom of one of them, so far as can 
be seen, is formed of fine light grey sand. There are also, on diffe- 
rent parts of this mountain, many slate quarries and coal-mines, like- 
wise vast tracts of peat earth. 
“ But to return to the marble quarry : it lies, as was observed be- 
fore, about the middle of the ascent, up the side of Bowfell, fronting, 
or forming one side of Garsdale. The ground there, and in its vici- 
nity, is moderately level, compared with that which lies above and 
below, and is rather of a swampy nature, abounding with springs, 
where the earth has been moved to uncover the beds of stone, which lay 
near the surface of the ground ; the blocks of which are of great mag- 
nitude. At a small distance from this spot, east and west, are two 
projecting dry limestone hills, parts of which appear to be formed 
of similar marble, and it is, perhaps worthy of observation, that on the 
mountain on the opposite side of the valley, are seen two other hills 
of a similar nature, (as near as the eye can form a judgment,) on the 
same level. This marble is in great request in the north part of the 
island ; it is carried to Kendal, about eighteen miles from the quarry, 
where it is manufactured into chimney-pieces, slabs for sideboards 
and monuments. In the course of my journey I saw several chimney- 
pieces and monuments which had been made of it. There is a great 
demand for it at Manchester, Liverpool, &c. It is worthy of ob- 
servation that, at the head of Garsdale, the water separates and runs 
east and west, and joins rivers which fall into the sea at opposite sides 
of the island, viz. That which goes east forms a part of the river 
Swale, which passes by Richmond and Thirsk and falls into the Ouse, 
and then into the Humber : that which runs west down Garsdale, is 
called the Clouff, and joins the Lune near Sedbergh, and falls into the 
Irish Sea below Lancaster.” 
