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The Dales of Derbyshire. 
By C. O’Suttivan, F.R.S. 
Read before the Society, March 16th, 1899. 
[ABSTRACT. ] 
ae being our nearest dale, I shall give it © 
first place in our consideration. It is in point of 
formation a new dale, in which the active agent—running 
water—is still present, and is in fact a typical Derbyshire 
dale. On ascending the Dove from its confluence with 
the Trent, the country becomes more hilly; but when one 
comes to that part approaching Ashbourne and_ looks 
towards the north a marked change in the aspect of the 
country may be clearly observed; indeed, if one looks 
towards Ashbourne from any of the high ground around 
Burton, one cannot help being struck by the idea that a 
new condition of things begins near that place. If we 
approach the Dale from the Isaac Walton entrance we have 
conical Thorpe Cloud on our right, a ridge of hills on our 
left, and the river rippling over its rugged bed before us. 
