An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham : comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees . truly terribleand sublime. Those who delight in the minor beauties of naturewill here find them united with her boldest variously-coloured lichen on the surface of thebasalt is extremely beautiful, and not less so are thewild flowers which spring from the sides of the examination of these, and viewing the fall fromvarious situati
An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham : comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees . truly terribleand sublime. Those who delight in the minor beauties of naturewill here find them united with her boldest variously-coloured lichen on the surface of thebasalt is extremely beautiful, and not less so are thewild flowers which spring from the sides of the examination of these, and viewing the fall fromvarious situations, will, to most persons, afford muchgratification. But it must be admitted that to some,and especially to ladies, the attractions of CauldronSnout may scarcely repay the difficulties of the jour-ney to it. A good horseman with a skilful guidemay enjoy a ride on the rocky edges of scars, andover loose basaltic stone, deep moss-ruts, and frequentbanks, both deep and stony; but it is well that thetourist should be apprised of this before he undertakesa jaunt in which such fatigues must necessarily beencountered. Following the course of the Tees by rugged banksfor nearly five miles, the tourist reaches the well-known cataract of High HIGH FORCE. The river Tees, in traversing the mountainouscountry which has just been described, becomesrapidly augmented by various tributary streams, and,after its junction with Hare wood Beck, assumes awide and noble aspect. The fall of such a river, atfifteen miles fiom its source, over a precipice ofupwards of fifty feet in height, may readily be con-ceived to be an object of the highest interest asregards remarkable and sublime scenery; and it isscarcely less interesting to the geologist from the cleardevelopement of the strata it displays. The river immediately above the fall is divided bya lofty rock into a greater and a less channel, theformer of which in dry weather contains the wholestream, while at other times both channels are fi
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