The beauties of England and Wales Volume 3; or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1802 Excerpt: ...and nakedness. Unpleasing, however, and even disgustful to the imagination, as the moors are, they yet serve by way of contrast to heighten the beauty of the dales and vallies by which they are intersected; and the sudden change which these occasion in the appearance of the county, at once surprises and interests: admiration is excited by the comparison; and the mind readily admits that its pleasure would have been less perfect, if the preceding scenes had been more beautiful. The Low Peak abounds with eminences of various heights and extent. Brassington-Moor, Alport, near Wirksworth, and Crich-Cliff, are the most elevated, and command very extensive prospects: from Alport, on a clear day, the Wrekin in Shropshire may be distinguished. On the east side of the county there is also a high ridge, of considerable length and extent, beginning to the south of Hardwick, and continuing in another direction to the extremity of the county, where it enters Yorkshire. The southern part of Derbyshire is in general pleasant and well cultivated, but presents no particular variety of scenery. T 3 « The "The mountainous part of this county is distinguished from the rest by the greater quantity of rain which falls in it. At Chatsworth, which is by no means the highest tract, about thirty-three inches of rain have been found to fall annually at a medium. The High Peak is peculiarly liable to very violent storms, in which the rain descends in torrents, so as frequently to occasion great ravages in the lands; it is also subject to very high winds. These causes, together with the elevation of the country, render it cold, so that vegetation is backward and unkindly. Some kinds of grain will not grow at all in the Peak, and others seldom ripen till very late in the year....