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Near to th' way as a traveller goes,
A fine fresh spring both ebbs and flows;
Neither know the learned that travel.
What procures it - salt or gravel.
Since those days, this phenomenon has been attributed not to
'salt or gravel,' but to the action of a syphon which Nature
herself has constructed in the cliffs above. The other road to
Settle, by Cross Streets, leads the tourist through the retired
hamlet of Lawkland, with its fine old hall, built in the reign of
Elizabeth, and having been in the possession of the Inglebys from
that period. By this latter route, the road lies through the town
of Giggleswick, in the church-yard of which is the burial place
of Archdeacon Paley. Half a mile from Giggleswick is Settle, a
flourishing town - the mart of the Craven district. A handsome
Town Hall has lately been erected here, which contains an
extensive library, and an excellent news-room. The most
remarkable feature of the place is an enormous rock, called
Castleber, which raises it brusque front over the eastern
portion of the town, and seems to threaten it with destruction.
At its base are various shady serpentine walks, and seats; and
the summit is easily ascended by a pathway cut in the rock. Here
a succession of very beautiful views is obtained of the valley of
the Ribble, with Pennygant in the north, and Pendlehill in the
south; while, to the north-west, the top of Ingleborough is just
seen rising behind the rugged summit of the hill above Mains
Park.
Proceeding northwards, on the western side of the Ribble, through
the palace-village of Stackhouse, the tourist will be highly
pleased with the romantic scenery of the valley. After travelling
within about a quarter of a mile from Little Stainforth, we come
to an old door-
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