428 Conjettures on the Ufe of 
pafs of Brederdale communicates, might hit 
been the refuge of part of the Brigantes, who 
had efcaped from the attack made by Cerealis 
on the low country. From the number of 
Britifh and Roman remains in this neighbour- 
hood, it plainly appears that the hilly country 
was formerly well peopled, and confidered as 
an important diftri€. No part of it was neg- 
leGted. Even the dreary pafs of Borrodale re- ~ 
ceived a Roman garrifon. And while the re- 
ligious horror of the adjoining mountains, 
favoured the myfterious impoftures of the 
Druids, the beauty and convenience, of the 
vales and lakes, muft have carly attracted nu- 
See 
of any ‘Northern part of the punto in former 
times, we may almoft venture to reverfe its 
prefent condition. ‘To this retreat, fome of the 
Britons might bring an imperfe@ knowledge 
of the Roman art of war, and the invention 
of terraffed ramparts might then be fub- 
ftituted for the walls of loofe ftones, which the 
firft defenders of this country oppofed to the 
efforts of the legions. Whether Agricola, after 
fubduing the Siftuntii of Lancafhire, failed up 
the Bay of Morecamb, or whether he proceeded 
along the coaft, fixing a ftation at Lancafter, I 
fhall 
