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the same scale as the horizontal, it looks very poor aud tiat ; and if the vertical 

 line is enlarged, it will appear distorted. 



Mr. Flintoft was in London some weeks last summer exhibiting before Parlia- 

 ment a model of a gentleman's estate in Lancashire, to show how it would be 

 aflfected (injured) by railways passing through it. There is nothing doing in the 

 mining way at present in this parish, except the Black Lead Mine, and I believe 

 they are getting little or nothing. I understand they are driving a level below all 

 the old workings. There is nothing doing in Loweswater, and I think Routen 

 Gill is the only place in Caldbeck Fells. The search for mineral specimens near 

 the Caldew is nearly abandoned ; the surface has been so often examined, there is 

 little to be found. Greenside Miue is still, I believe, going on favourably. 



When my map first came out in 1818, Mr. Farey was at the Black Lead Mine ; 

 he felt great interest in it, and got favorable notices inserted in the Monthly 

 Magazine. When here again, about ten years later, he pressed me very much to 

 colour it as a geological map, and so did others. I tried a few, but could not 

 entirely satisfy myself, and did not find it likely to be profitable. I sold to Dr. 

 Buckland and Mr. Greenough each one, with a sheet taken out of the Guide, at 

 5s. each. This was the most I recollect making of it. 



I am sorry that you should feel it necessary to enter into a particular explan- 

 ation of the circumstances which led to the appearance of your letters in Mr. 

 Wordsworth's Guide. I am quite sure it was far from your intention to do any- 

 thing that would tend to my disadvantage. I always felt a pleasure in seeing ever 

 so short a notice in the "Athenaeum," of any paper you may have been reading ; 

 but I did say to Mr. Ruthven, and perhaps to others, that I had rather have seen 

 your letters in some other work than a Guide to the Lakes ; as, if they augmented 

 the sale of Mr. Hudson's work, of course mine would be diminished ; at the same 

 time, I am bound to acknowledge my gratitude for the manner in which you have 

 mentioned my name on this as well as on other occasions, and your recommendations 

 have undoubtedly tended to my advantage. 



In 1837, I saw you at Kirkby Lonsdale ; I was there again in 184'2, when Mr. 

 Fisher told me yoii had written an article on Geology for Mr. Wordsworth to insert 

 in a Guide. I could have liked much to have seen it before mine was printed, but 

 there was no opportunity ; however, at Kendal, on my return, Mr. Hudson kindly 

 presented me with a copy of his work. I have not got a copy of your last letters, 

 but have seen it at the bookseller's ; you know I am very ignorant on the subject 

 of fossUs. 



I know something of the history of Wordsworth's Guide, as it was once named, 

 and is now generally called, although Hudson has changed its title. After mine 

 came out, Mr. Nicholson made an overture to me for the future publication, but I 

 told him I could not take it from Mr. Foster, who has assisted me in bringing it 



