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Rh which are used to the road, to take them round by Gordale.

At Skipton is a very neat inn, near the ancient castle of Skipton. This town is situated in a beautiful part of Craven. Between Skipton and Leeds the river Air winds lovely in the vale.

Wharfedale is well worth visiting, which you may do by going to Otley. You may then turn to the east, and take a view of Studley Park, Fountains Abbey, Hackfall, Harewood, Harrogate, York, &c.

My road lay from Skipton to Keighley, 10 miles; a charming drive through Craven, and very good road.

From Keighley to Halifax, 12 miles; a very bad road; hilly and dreary to a great degree.

Halifax is a large and dirty manufacturing town, most beautifully situated amongst mountains, woods, and rivers.

The Halifax innkeepers follow the example of their neighbours in Lancashire, and charge three-pence per mile more, for post-horses, than in the other parts of Yorkshire.

From Halifax to Rochdale, over Blackstone Edge (a ridge of mountains so called), 16 miles,