CHAPTER I PAGE THE DALE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE 1 CHAPTER II RICHMOND 13 CHAPTER III SWALEDALE 47 CHAPTER IV WENSLEYDALE 71 CHAPTER V RIPON AND FOUNTAINS ABBEY 115 CHAPTER VI KNARESBOROUGH AND HARROGATE 125 CHAPTER VII WHARFEDALE 139 CHAPTER VIII SKIPTON, MALHAM, AND GORDALE 149 CHAPTER IX SETTLE AND THE INGLETON FELLS 165 INDEX 173 List of Illustrations 1. Fountains Abbey _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Richmond Castle from the River 20 3. Richmond from the West 30 4. Swaledale in the Early Autumn 48 5. Downholme Moor, above Swaledale 56 6. Muker on a Stormy Afternoon 64 7. Twilight in the Butter-tubs Pass 72 8. Hardraw Force 78 9. A Rugged View above Wensleydale 82 10. A Jacobean House at Askrigg 90 11. Aysgarth Force 98 12. Bolton Castle, Wensleydale 104 13. View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl 110 14. Ripon Minster from the South 18 15. Knaresborough 126 16. Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale 142 17. Hubberholme Church 144 18. The Courtyard of Skipton Castle 150 19. Gordale Scar 160 20. Settle 166 THE DALE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE CHAPTER I DESCRIBES THE DALE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE