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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III

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61-68, and note [Footnote K] .-- Ed.] [Footnote p: A stalactite cave, in a mountain in the south coast of the island of Antiparos, which is one of the Cyclades.

It is six miles from Paros, was famous in ancient times, and was rediscovered in 1673 .-- Ed.] [Footnote q: There is a cave, called Yordas Cave, four and a half miles from Ingleton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire.

It is a limestone cavern, rich in stalactites, like the grotto of Antiparos; and is at the foot of the slopes of Gragreth, formerly called Greg-roof.

It gets its name from a traditional giant 'Yordas'; some of its recesses being called "Yordas' bed-chamber," "Yordas' oven," etc.

See Allen's 'County of York', iii.


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