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tiful level strand, generally known by 
the name of Whitby Sands, upon which 
there used to be annual races; but now 
they are less frequent. 
Adjacent to Lyth, is the seat of the 
Mulgrave family, one of whom, Con¬ 
stantine John Phipps, (afterwards Lord 
Mulgrave,) in 1773, undertook a voyage, 
by his Majesty’s command, towards the 
North Pole, under the hopes of discover¬ 
ing a passage to the East Indies in a 
north-east direction ; but in which he, 
like many others, did not succeed. 
Among the sands on the shore are 
found stones resembling snakes without 
heads. These stones are easily known 
by circular, or rather spiral windings 
marked on their outside. One of these 
being broken, its interior exhibits the 
appearance of a snake rolled up and ready 
to make a spring. 
That these are petrified snakes, is 
really believed by the peasants on the 
