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Перевод: alum

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Тезаурус:

1. Alum Pot is palpably not a place for novices to explore, and for the uninitiated most interest will be found in the north corner of the same field.
2. In the darkness, the stream trends north-east and if this direction is followed through the outcropping limestone overland, the exit of the cave is reached at the top of the walled enclosure above Alum Pot.
3. Alum pot itself could not fail to be noticed by the first settlers in the district, its yawning gulf constituting an obvious danger to both man and beast; in the course of time, a wall was built around it and trees planted to indicate its position.
4. Alum Pot is straight ahead in a plantation of trees and is reached on foot in a few minutes, arriving there simultaneously with Alum Pot Beck which enters the plantation and disappears into the depths.
5. It then climbs the inevitably steep hill back up to Alum chine on the return leg to Bournemouth.
6. The roots of lady's bedstraw ( Galium verum ), , produce an orange-red colour which is set by adding alum.
7. On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot, water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring, coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour, where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave.
8. Eventually they learnt from Dr Grainger that there was some contamination with alum (aluminium sulphate) but that this was "not particularly dangerous".
9. The hamlet of Selside, on the road linking Ribblehead and Horton in Ribblesdale, is the nearest and most convenient starting point for the short walk to Alum Pot, half a mile away.
10. The flowers of the corn marigold ( Chrysanthemum segetum ), , gathered in a muslin bag and boiled in water with alum, produce a bright, clear yellow.
11. Soon the route arrives at Tennyson Down, one of the highlights of the route, and on to Alum Bay which looks out over the chalky points of the Needles.
12. The stream proves precocious, soon again switching allegiance by departing to the next cave down the field, Diccan Cave: bereft of its water, Lower Long Churn continues with increasing difficulties and enters Alum Pot on its north side.