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[popu]lation, 1686; market-day, Thursday; inn, Rose and Crown, and The Dragon.
  Kendal
KENDAL.- (See page 19.)

Lancaster to Ulverston, over the sands
III. LANCASTER TO ULVERSTON, OVER THE SANDS.- 21 MILES.

Miles.LANCASTER TOMiles.
Hest Bank
¼Lancaster Sands
9Kent's Bank12¾
1Allithwaite13¾
Flookborough15
1Leven Sands16
5Ulverston21
  Hest Bank
Hest Bank.- A bathing-place on the edge of Morecam Bay.
  Lancaster Sands
Lancaster Sands.- From Hest Bank to Cartmel the Sands are about eleven miles in breadth, and guides are stationed on them to preserve travellers from devouring quicksands, deep channels, and the flowing tide, which twice a-day covers the whole sandy plain many feet deep in water. The Sands can only be crossed when the tide is out, and should never be attempted without the guides. The views here are very fine, embracing the whole coast of the Bay of Morecam, Peel Castle at its entrance, the Crags of Warton and Arnside on the right, Ingleborough and its buttresses to the east, and in front, the Westmorland and Cumberland mountains.
  Allithwaite
Allithwaite is a village in the parish of Cartmel.
  Cartmel
CARTMEL is a small market-town, having an ancient and handsome church. Three miles hence is a medicinal spring, called Holy Well, much fre-
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button -- "Hest Bank" -- Hest Bank
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button -- "Lancaster Sands" -- Lancaster Sands
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