equal propriety? You possess a mansion that may be denominated the PALACE of the PEAK; and the munificence of that noble family, whose wealth and honours now centre in your Grace, has converted some of the wildest scenery of Derbyshire into a terrestrial paradise: the Banks of the DERWENT and the WYE have been adorned and enriched by their bounty.

That your Grace may live to accomplish the plans you have suggested for the still farther improvement of this very interesting district; that you may long enjoy the esteem of good men, and the gratifying consciousness that the splendid honours of the HOUSE of CAVENDISH have been confirmed and enlarged by their present possessor, is the earnest wish of,

My Lord Duke,

Your Grace's most obliged and

Humble Servant,

E. RHODES.

SHEFFIELD, March 31, 1818.

Scenery.

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PART I..

Character of Derbyshire

General Remarks.

Picturesque Beauty. Sea Coast Views.

Fogs, Mists and Clouds......

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SECTION II. — Abbey Dale. Autumnal Morning. Beau-

chief Abbey.—East Moor.-View into Hope Dale.

Froggatt Edge.........

SECTION III. View from near Stoke.

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Stoney Middleton.

Stoke Hall. — Middleton Church. St. Martin's Bath.

- Middleton Dale. -Lovers' Leap. -- Roman Coins....... 20

SECTION. IV. Eyam visited by the Plague in 1666.- Riley

Grave Stones. - Mr. Mompesson. Cucklet Church......... 31

SECTION V. Eyam Church-Yard.. Ancient Stone Cross.

The Rev. P. Cunningham.

SECTION VI. William Peveril.

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Eyam Mineral Charter.-

Hammer of Thor.- Druidical Circle and Ancient Barrow.

Effects of an Earthquake in a Mine on Eyam Edge...... 60

SECTION VII. Mineral District.

- Slick-

Haycliff Mine.

ensides. - Accident in a Mine near Hucklow. -Wardlow

Mears. Wheston Cross. Tideswell Top. - Marble

Rocks in Tideswell Dale. Singular Stratum there.

Cotton Factories. - Tideswell. - The Church.-Bishop

Purseglove. Sampson Meurills. Ancient Chapel.

Tideswell Church Yard. · Conclusion.....

SECTION I.- New Road from Tideswell to Buxton.

Monk's-dale. Thunder Storm.-Wormhill.

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SECTION II.- Observations on the River Wye. · Blackwell

Mill. Topley Pike. -Stage Coach. Wye-Dale. — Ro-

mantic Dell and Cascade near Lover's Leap.- Arrival at

Buxton..

SECTION III. - Fairfield. — Lime Hills.- Poole's Hole.

Buxton Diamonds. — Ax-Edge. - Stranger at Buxton.

Source of the Wye. Evening

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SECTION IV. Staden-Low. - South Entrance into Buxton.

The Crescent. Mr. C. Sylvester's Hot-Baths.

Buxton Bath Charity. Amusements. -

Demolition of the Shrine

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Antiquity of the Warm-Baths.

and Image of St. Anne.......

SECTION V.. - Leave Buxton. - Water Swallows. Tun-

stead. James Brindley. Wormhill Dale. — View from

Diamond Hill. Miller's Dale. - Raven Tor. -Litton.-

Mill Dale. - Cresbrook Dale. Wm. Newton. . Difficult

Passage from Litton Mill to Cressbrook.

SECTION VI. Cressbrook Dale.

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Scenery there.. 107

Bright Pool.-Waterfall.

SECTION VII. Recollections of a former Excursion.

Stone House. Unfortunate Female.

from Great Finn. - Hob's House. - Cascade in Monsal

Ashford.

- Lass of Taddington Dale.

Dale.

Marble. Rotten Stone......

SECTION VIII.- Bakewell.. New Bath. Bakewell Church-

yard. Ancient Stone Cross. Epitaphs. - Chantry at

Bakewell. Antiquity of Bakewell. Castle Hill. — In-

terview with a poor Hindoo.........

SECTION IX. Haddon Valley. - Haddon Hall. - The Ver-

non Family. Chapel at Haddon. - Roman Altar. — An-

cient Tapestry. Gallery at Haddon. Reflections on

Haddon. - Lime Trees. Farewell to the River Wye...... 140

SECTION X.- Edensor. Monument to the Earl of Devon-

shire in the Church. Inscription to the Memory of John

Beton. Chatsworth Park and House. Cascade in the

Garden. Fountain in the Court. Figure of Arion........ 149

SECTION XI. Interior of Chatsworth. - Paintings. - Verrio

and Laguerre. Gallery of Drawings. - Chapel. - Li-

brary. Tapestry. Sculpture. Portraits, Closter-

man. Sir James Thornhill.

Carving in Wood.

bons. Samuel Watson. Cibber....

SECTION XII. Reflections on leaving Chatsworth. — Pro-

jected improvement of Chatsworth House. - Mary Queen

of Scots imprisoned there. Marshal Tallard. Hobbes.

St. Evremond to Waller. Recollections of a former

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vis it to Chatsworth.........

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SECTION I.Excursion commenced.

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Banner Cross.

Curious Effect of Clouds. Enter Derbyshire. Burbage

Brook. View from Milstone Edge.- Winter of 1813.-

Hathersage. Little John's Grave. - Hathersage Church.

Camp Green

cursion.

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SECTION II. Hope Dale.- Recollections of a former Ex-

- Approach to Castleton.-Fine Autumnal Even-

ing. Castleton Church. - Peak's Hole .....

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SECTION III.— Cave Dale.. View from the Hills above.

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Juvenile Beggars at Castleton.

Mine. Mam Tor.- Winnats.

- Fluor Mines. - Odin

Speedwell Mine.— Fau-

jas de St. Fond. - Mawe and Whitehurst

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SECTION IV. Mid-day View of Castleton Vale. — Ebbing

and Flowing Well. Approach to Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Chinley. The Apostle of the Peak. Kinderscout.

Evening at Glossop.-Catholic Chapel at Glossop Hall.

Glossop Church. Rush-Bearing. Monument to the

Memory of Joseph Hague, Esq.- Brief Memoir of him... 198

SECTION V.-The river Etherow. Broad Bottom Bridge.

-Compstall Bridge. View from Compstall House.-

Cotton Printing. Junction of the Etherow and the Goyt.

Scenery of the Goyt...........

SECTION VI. Return from Glossop.- Peak Forest. -El-

don Hole. - Bagshaw Cavern. Small Dale. - Lime-kiln

Fires.Night Scene. Morning in Hope Dale. Hope

Brough. The River Derwent......

SECTION VII. - High-low. - Leam. Padley. Approach

to Calver. Calver Lime. Morning Scene. - Hassop

Hall. - Longstone. Godfrey Rowland - his imprison-

ment in the Castle of the Peak..

SECTION VIII.

Money-Ash. Marble Quarries. - Source

of the Lathkil. - Scene near Conksbury Bridge, - Youl-

grave. Arbor-Low. Bradford River.

Stanton. Visit there in the Month of No-

vember. Andle Stone. Plantations on Stanton Moor.

- View from the Hill near Cat Stone. · Stanton Lees.

Stanton House: fine Work there by Gibbons.......................

SECTION X.. Druidical Circle on Hartle Moor.

Approach to Matlock. Visit to Lums-Dale.

- Lime-Tree Lane. Entrance into Matlock Dale..

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Approach to Matlock Bath. General Character of the

Scenery of the Dale. Walk to Stonnis View from

thence. Evening Scene from Masson.- Morning in Mat-

lock Dale, Heights of Abraham. Museum. Inns and

Lodging Houses ...

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SECTION XII.Willersley House.

Arkwright. Mouse Hole Mine.

Top. Moonlight in Matlock Dale.

The late Sir Richard

Side Mine. - Riber

Winter Excursion

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to Matlock. Canova's Statue of the Mother of Bona-

parte his Bust of Laura. Snow Scenery at Matlock... 257

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PART IV.

SECTION I. Last Excursion into Derbyshire. - Reflections

on the word, Last.― Meersbrook House.— Samuel Shore,

Esq. Old House at Norton Lees. Walk from Heeley

to Norton. Norton Hall and Park. Norton House and

the Oakes. - Manor of Norton......

SECTION II. - Memoir of Chantrey the Sculptor.....

SECTION III.- Whittington Revolution House. Centenary

Commemoration of the Revolution of 1688. The Pro-

cession Ball and Concert.-Walk from Whittington to Ches-

terfield. Smelting Furnaces.- Local History of Chester-

field. - The Church Spire. - Walk to Ashover.

from Stone Edge. Approach to Ashover. Ashover

Church. Eastwood Hall, &c............

SECTION IV. Overton Hall. - Sir Joseph Banks.

South

Winfield. The Manor House. - Description of the Ruins.

Reflections on their present Appearance.

Monday in Derbyshire. Walk from Crich to Cromford.

Lea Wood. Dethick. Historical Notice of Babing-

SECTION V.-Morning at Matlock.- Via Gellia.-Hopton.

Carsington. Rocks in the Vicinity

of Brassington. - Derbyshire Trossacks. Tissington.

Ancient Custom of Dressing Wells with Flowers.

Walk to Ashbourne......

SECTION VI. Ashbourne Church.

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Walk to Dove Dale. View of the Dale from the De-

scent near Thorpe Cloud. Character of the River Dove.

Dove Dale Church. Reynard's Cave. - Fatal Occur-

- View from this part of the Dale.

Retrospect of the Character of the whole

Dale. Rocky Portals, and the Meadows beyond.- Rous-

seau, and his Visit to the Vicinity of Dove Dale.......

SECTION VII. Visit to Ilam.. Vale of Ilam. - Ilam Hall

-interesting Apartment there.- Village Church. Chan-