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A Stx Days’ Ranrble ober Derbyshire Hills 
and Dales, tv the Year 1858. 
By RIcHARD KEENE. 
jy HOUGH a quarter of a century counts for very little 
¥/ from an archeological point of view, it means a good 
deal in a man’s life; and during that time many 
changes take place, both in himself, his thoughts and 
feelings, and in the world around him. I have thought that a 
paper, compiled from my Journal of a Ramble in the Peak of 
Derbyshire some twenty-five years ago, might prove not uninte- 
resting to the. Members of this Society, being a narrative of facts 
and feelings experienced during a week’s tramp through some of 
the most lovely and interesting scenery of our beautiful county. 
If it serves no other purpose, it may act the part of guide to 
those amongst our members who have not explored the hills and 
dales of Derbyshire, by pointing out how pleasantly and profitably 
a few days may be spent without going far from home ; and 
though I have not dwelt on the archzeology of the route, sufficient 
of. the antiquities have been noticed to show what a rich field for 
further investigation lies before the patient antiquary. To the 
artist and lover of nature the journey would afford infinite 
occupation and delight, though it only embraces a very small 
portion of this wild and picturesque neighbourhood. Since the 
Journal was written, two of our party have joined “the great 
majority ;” other changes have taken place, but I have thought it 
