races, which in the distance suggest the remains of
some ruined fortress. At the present time there is nothing to be seen
older than the house whose foundations were dug in 1774. While the
building operations were in progress, however, a Roman stone, now in
Whitby Museum, was unearthed. The inscription has been translated:
'Justinian, governor of the province, and Vindician, general of the
forces of Upper Britain, for the second time, with the younger
provincial soldiers built this fort, the manager of public works giving
his assistance.' There is therefore ample evidence for believing that
this commanding height was used by the Romans as a military post,
although subsequently there were no further attempts to fortify the
place, Scarborough, so much more easily defensible, being chosen
instead. A rather pathetic attempt to foster the establishment of a
watering-place has, however, been lately put on foot, but beyond some
elaborately prepared roads and two or three isolated blocks of houses,
there is fortunately little response to this artificial cultivation of a
summer resort on the bare hill-top.

Following this lofty coast southwards, you reach Hayburn Wyke, where a
stream drops perpendicularly over some square masses of rock. After very
heavy rains the waterfall attains quite a respectable size, but even
under such favourable conditions the popularity of the place to a great
extent spoils what might otherwise be a pleasant surprise to the
rambler. The woodland paths leading down to the cove from the hotel by
the station are exceedingly pretty, and in the summer it is not easy to
find your way, despite the direction-boards nailed to trees here and
there. But there are many wooded and mossy-pathed ravines equally
pretty, where no charge is made for admittance, and where you can be
away from your fellow-mortals and the silver paper they throw away from
the chocolate they eat.

There is a small stone circle not far from Hayburn Wyke Station, to be
found without much trouble, and those who are interested in Early Man
will scarcely find a neighbourhood in this country more thickly
honeycombed with tumuli and ancient earthworks. There is no particularly
plain pathway through the fields to the valley where this stone circle
can be seen, but it can easily be found after a careful study of the
large scale Ordnance map which they will show you at the hotel; and if
there be any difficulty in locating the exact position of the s