Memorials from Ben Rhydding; concerning the place, its people, its cures . white robes? and whence came they?And he said—These are they ivhich came out ofgreat tribulation, and have washed their robesand made them white, in the blood of the are they before the throne of God, andserve him day and night in his temple. 238 FAREWELL. Ben-Rhydding ! Farewell. To thee, grayhouse, and all that are within and around,—akind farewell! Now, for months, you have beenwith me : instead of weariness, you have givenme hope; strength and purpose, in room ofdespondency: accept, as I cast them tow
Memorials from Ben Rhydding; concerning the place, its people, its cures . white robes? and whence came they?And he said—These are they ivhich came out ofgreat tribulation, and have washed their robesand made them white, in the blood of the are they before the throne of God, andserve him day and night in his temple. 238 FAREWELL. Ben-Rhydding ! Farewell. To thee, grayhouse, and all that are within and around,—akind farewell! Now, for months, you have beenwith me : instead of weariness, you have givenme hope; strength and purpose, in room ofdespondency: accept, as I cast them towardsyou, these light but earnest words of thanks. Ifeel that I could fain return—explore the higherWharfe, and Ingleboro with its massive limestones,and Hornby, and the sources of the lovely Lune;but it may not be. Let the past remain with thepast : we must not move in circles. Labourbeckons now, and the day is declining. Onward,and not in circles,— for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and t/ie bathsOf all the western stars until I die. Ijijmi& UPPER VALLEY HppcnDtr. ifriniinnl. ? ]•?• of the Metropolitan I>tt<ctir< Policehave just- b-en sent doim to Bmricktoprated t)u Ti^id Sulmon.—LondonPaper. The pretixe<l motto emboldens me to proceed with the matterof this Appendix. It is an Appendix, not a Chapter, because 242 APPENDIX. its problems are of a special order:—inter alia, this is one—What is the value of a salmon, weighed against a man, inthe eyes of the dispensers of that guardianship named the—Detective Police ? I must premise, too, that in narrative I certainly do not intend to prefer chargesagainst the inhabitants of these districts—taking them indivi-dually ; I have found them honest men, intelligent men, humaneas intelligent, albeit usually with a line or two of Yorkshire inthe woof. Nevertheless, thus stands the fact; within a regionwholly rural, containing at present not more than one thou-sand souls, the f
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