A Description of a Large Lake Called Malholm Tarn, Near Skipton in Craven, in the County ofYorkshire; by John Fuller, Esq; Jun. F. R. S.Author(s): John FullerSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 41 (1739 - 1741), pp. 612-614Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/104328 .

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X. A i)efcription of a large Lake aalleG Malho3miTarn, near Slelpton n Craven,

is the County af YorkfBire; b3 John Puller9,

ffiJq:,jgn. F. Ft S. Mxlholag i5 a pretty Country Village, fituated on

vlfe Southern Sidc of a monI+leous lligll HillX the Arcent of xvhXch is not very fteep. By a Break be- tsveen tllis Hill and another, xvilicll are joined by a Rock nthich meafures 82 Yards perpendlcular, and feems to be about Two-thirds of the Heigllt of thc- Hill, I conclude tlle Hill to be about I20Yards per- pendicular. On the Top of tllis Rock tllere ltill remains the Appearance of a Chancl for 2 or 300 Yards together, wllich, by itS havinD no Mollld or lEarth tO cover it, I judge tO have been a Paflage for that \ATater, svhich formerly uSed tO tumble ovel the Precipice) but lloxv has found a PaI-Eage under-ground7 and flows out At the BOttORl of the Rock, bcing noxv called Sir-Head, viz. t11e Head of the Bvivcr Arre The Rock is called MalEas'^n- Coqve.

Betveen thz Top cf l his Mout}tain and tlue Tops of Four othcrs, is Mapthalz larn * (I faSt the Tops of them, for though they lleep a Quarter of a lS1ile towards the Lake frotn their Tops, it is at a >^vIile and an half down to tlle flat Cotlntry on the Outlzcie)> This Lake is between 3 or 4co AcresJ The Sllape of it iS a Palallelograrn, thP Lenath of which equais about t\Vice thc Breadth: There are no \Veeds ill ite In a fiswe {till DayX you nzay fee the nvllite chalky kottosll, where it is IO or I2 Foot deepv I wonder

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r613 ] Cozmden takes no Notice of this Lalce for it nzu{E have been tllere in his Time, alld ht nzuA have bcer very neal it; fol he dScribes a Precipice, V hich I an pretty certain is the Northern Side of o1ze oa thofc very Hills WhiCil hclp to foral MalaboAg iTarsv Ti<rc are but Two vilible Sprin:,s tllat fupply it svith Xr:W;ratcrX one lies EaR, vlle otller NO£t11-W > and by wllSt

collld gueS} tLlere arc only tecIc Tsx o Sprit<>s i for the I)ifchart,e feems to be no greater thail wrhdt tllctC

Springs fupply The fuperfluous Water of tlzis lake is difcllargeR

loy a gliding Stream, about Eour tqeet broad) arld Tnvo or Tllrce Inches decp ; xs hich runs abovc-ground alDout 2 or 3 oo Yards, and tllcn dips undcr-groulld at T\YO dafferent P'tscvs about IQ Yards diAant fFoln one anotluer. Bt ilat becomes of theSe Strealzls afte3: their dlptninr, (thout,ll clle Itclatiotl appcars Sonzemrhat fabulousX yCt) as it is aJErmcd by all the Men of Credit in tlle NPighbourhoodX I could not hclp believing it PAbout a hffile below Malhols VillaDe thcre are Tsro Springs tllat dicharge tluemSclvcs into the River v4ir about I O Yards diAant from one another, one {ome- Wt11t grcater tlwan tlle othcr. The Neighbours aflured n1e that if NYlleat-chaff sYas pllt into either of the Rivulets at thz Place of their dipping, in abollt Eighc Hours time it xrould come out At thz grcater or le-fler Sprinr, and not out of both} into the River 24ir, which is from the Place of tilcir firA dipping abotlt 1 .to Miles and an llalf. By tlliS it appears, that thefe Two RivuXcts never communicate in their fubter- raneous PaIlaC,e.

The Z-arn abounds with only Two forts of Fith, Eroxts and iFerch: The Eroats vcry largc atld red; the

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[ 614] ePerch far exceed in Size and G-oodneSs any I trav? cser feen, being commonly 20 IllCIlCS iOtl(tx NS-cigll in^> Pollr or Five Pounds They are ralKen only wi lo HoolQs, it being fo deep and Ronyi tllat ov1 cannot draw a Nct: Theonly Bait for thenz is an Earth*svel*t5-a 2

the rocky Soil, and the Springs conllll: rO lit; a . Way, airding theal very little of tllat fort of Fc>(3dr

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XI. EnctralG of a- Letter from Moeur de Bremond, M. S. to SZ)r. A{ortimer, conw verning a Pile re7sdered Magnetical a LigDtning frv#/ted frorn the French by T.S. MD. F.R.Sv

T N N° 43 7^ of the Philofophiral ErdnJsaSions you have publifhcd, SirX a Lcttcr of Dr. Coaxvfav, eof

MakefeAdX on an extraordinary ESed of IJigizeniwlg th,ch communicated MaglletiEnz to fcreral Iro£l Tools I have received a Lettcr from tlle CoaR <3f St. Ssdre in 79-agotpkzXe) -dated St. 7t I 7 3 9. bis inr

an Account of a FaLl of the Iime Nature, wllicla I bere tend yon as I received ir.

'4 Thrce Weeks ago tlle Lightnint, fell 3o PJccs < hom my Hoube on that of a Clock-lnaker. I {laall is not enter into ttle Particulars of the Rasa^,e ic ¢ committed. Estcry-bedy lQncuws hosar 6vlrpriEn^, ' th-e- Effeds of Thaladcr arc: Bur here is onc ttlAt iS ¢ very lingular The Thvlder broke one cf r119 i' Clock-makcr's Piles, fbur Inches froxn tilc Erld t' foSthatltller;ftillrcnlaincdseveslInchQs:of itv inthe

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[ 614] ePerch far exceed in Size and G-oodneSs any I trav? cser feen, being commonly 20 IllCIlCS iOtl(tx NS-cigll in^> Pollr or Five Pounds They are ralKen only wi lo HoolQs, it being fo deep and Ronyi tllat ov1 cannot draw a Nct: Theonly Bait for thenz is an Earth*svel*t5-a 2

the rocky Soil, and the Springs conllll: rO lit; a . Way, airding theal very little of tllat fort of Fc>(3dr

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XI. EnctralG of a- Letter from Moeur de Bremond, M. S. to SZ)r. A{ortimer, conw verning a Pile re7sdered Magnetical a LigDtning frv#/ted frorn the French by T.S. MD. F.R.Sv

T N N° 43 7^ of the Philofophiral ErdnJsaSions you have publifhcd, SirX a Lcttcr of Dr. Coaxvfav, eof

MakefeAdX on an extraordinary ESed of IJigizeniwlg th,ch communicated MaglletiEnz to fcreral Iro£l Tools I have received a Lettcr from tlle CoaR <3f St. Ssdre in 79-agotpkzXe) -dated St. 7t I 7 3 9. bis inr

an Account of a FaLl of the Iime Nature, wllicla I bere tend yon as I received ir.

'4 Thrce Weeks ago tlle Lightnint, fell 3o PJccs < hom my Hoube on that of a Clock-lnaker. I {laall is not enter into ttle Particulars of the Rasa^,e ic ¢ committed. Estcry-bedy lQncuws hosar 6vlrpriEn^, ' th-e- Effeds of Thaladcr arc: Bur here is onc ttlAt iS ¢ very lingular The Thvlder broke one cf r119 i' Clock-makcr's Piles, fbur Inches froxn tilc Erld t' foSthatltller;ftillrcnlaincdseveslInchQs:of itv inthe

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