A Few Days On The Yorkshire Moors.

In the afternoon we wend our way in the rain ( a plentiful commodity here ) , towards the " Hanging Rocks , " the " giants " of the place , ancl clamber up the " Cow and Calf , " two large detached portions , so called from their resemblance to those animals . They are literally covered with the names of ambitious , ancl certainly persevering mortals . Some , more philanthropic than the resthave conspicuously carved texts of scriture for the benefit of their

, p fellow creatures ; one , with letters a foot long , being the bare quotation "I AM . " Others , " THOU GOD SEEST MB . " "WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED ? " and the answer , " BELIEVE ON THE LOKD JESUS CHRIST , AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED . " " BE STIKE YOUR SINS WM FIND YOB OUT , " was signed " REV . COSKER YEADON , " but dateless . The longest , a labour of love , which covers about tiventy feet , winding amongst the illustrious names of the visitors , runs thus : — " THAT IS

AS A DYING SAINT IN THE MIDST OF HIS SORROAA'ING CHILDREN LATELY SAID , ' TRUST HIM , TRUST HIM , TRUST HIM ; HE ' S WAITING TO ' ( here a piece of stone is broken off ) , ' HE ' LL SAVE YOU , HE ' LL SAVE YOU , JUST NOW , THAT ' S MY DYING TESTIMONY . ' " ( Dated ) "May , 1835 . " The rain obliges us to shelter , ancl we find a lamb partly fastened in the rooks , which Ave liberate , greatly to its satisfaction . The next event is the arrival of a youth Avith hammer and chisel ; we are sheltering from a heavy downpour of rainso cannot help noticing every

, detail . He ascends the " Cow , " ancl finding a convenient spot , commences to cut in the rock ( perhaps it is a text of scripture !) . Through the drenching rain he never desists , so we leave him , ancl return to write a few letters ancl have a game of croquet on the wet grass . The library is not very extensive , consisting only of a dictionary , testament , Goldsmith , and Daniel Quorm ; oh , ancl a book on Cyprus ! In the evening the amusements are repeatedafter

, which all retire to their respective rooms . A beautiful morning awakes us , and , devouring breakfast , we stroll along the walks ancl up the " Panorama Rocks . " From here is a magnificent view of the country for miles , the river below in the valley being- most exquisite . Further on , Whernside is risible , and the head of the Nidd Valley . On returning we dine , pay our bill , and

m joyous mood we hie To Bolton ' s mouldering Priory . " The scenery gets more and more beautiful as Ave advance , and passing the rustic Bolton Bridge , the Augustinian Priory comes in view ; " full fifty years That tuous ileAvith all its

sump p , peers , Too harshly hath been doomed to taste The bitterness of Avrong and waste . " Yet , " In the shattered fabric's heart Eemaineth one protected part , — A chapel like a wild bird ' s nest

Closely embowered and trimly drest . Certainl y a lovely sight , pleasantly situated as it is in the woods , by the side of the gay sparkling river . The step 23 ing stones are covered with the water , ancl my friend essays to cross over them , but gets very wet in the attempt . Here Landseer has painted one of his most famous pictures of the ruins" Its hoary walls

, More eloquent in ruin than the halls Of princely pomp , their solemn features raise Mid thick embowering elms . Old Wharfe flows sparkling by with pensive sound , And heathery hills look down through purple haze . "

And we may say , the delicate lines of the ruin rising above the surrounding foliage , and the murmuring waters below , all combine to make a veritable fairy-land for the poet and painter to revel in . The noble hall of the Duke