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* Near Darlington, in the county of Durham,, are three, pools p&great
depth, about thirty yard«, called Hell Kettles, concerning which many
•fables have been current, as is u fo d with all nations concerning any
••natural phmnomenW: - The cliffs near Sunderland contill of a lingu ar
ftone, refembling coraline productions ; and f e * rm as .to ^ .g e n e r a lly
nfed th e re in building1' . J ' *
The fob-marine relies of a foreft, B the-coaft of Lincolnlhire may
be defervédly clafléd among thé * mbit remarkable natural cuuolities.
N o r are the lofty chalk cliffs of Dover, without their claim f f e
vern near Ryegate-, in Surrey, defcendi.ng through a hill of theuneft and
moft fplèndid, fand, muft rather c laim'an artificial origin. AtB roiely,
in Shropshire, was a well fo impregnated with bitumen, J a t , on the
application of a candle, the ftream took fire; and would bod a tea kettle
in nine minutes.“ -, but, by opening other coal-pits,,m the vicinity, this
p h en om en o n dfeppeared ; a fimilar appearance, and event alfti occurred
in Lancafhire But Shroplhire Hill contains a remarkable
well of bitumen, at a- place thence ftyled Pitchford. - Cheddar cliffs, in
" Somerfetfliire, may alfo be mentioned .among the natural, curiolitics;
and the Men'dip-hills, are not without, tficir caverns, .. particularly
Wookey-hole, near Wells, a ftalaOitic cavern of abouti'6'oo feet in length,
divided by lew paftages, into various apartments;.; one'o.f which, called
th e hall, foinewhat refcmbles a Gothic chapel, and is fiiid to be eighty
feet in h e ig h t; /while the furtheft, -ftyled the parlour,, is. of moderate
height, but extcnfivc.diameter. On the Nr W. fide of the Men dip-
bills, is a yet. more ;.re m ark able curiofity, a confiderable f’gayjgin, at tj>e
■bottom o f a deep ravine, near the little village of B.errington, or Bur-
V ringtori. Here are a number of human hones, gradually incorporating
with the fime-ftone rock ; there being, a continual dripping ■ from the
ro o f and fides, 'which depofits a ftakjftitic fediment op the hones. Se-
vcral nodules contain perfedl human lkulls. At the further, énd,
* The'li£> ftonè occurs in Ingria, and the palace o f Peterhoffis’cdriftriiaed: with itj The
• . Ammonitic ftone-of Broad Marfton, Somerfetlhirc, is another Angular produftion.^ - |
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