86 On Idiotism. 
scattered over the surface, and the herbage 
scanty. Atthe foot of this high ground isa 
long tract of moss, which has lessened of late 
years as an increasing population has made 
land more valuable ; from this marshy ground, 
flow streams which contribute to form the 
sources of the Medlock, the Irk, and the 
Beale. 3 
List taken 1817. 
James Bradley, Sholver-moor, an Idiot 
about eight years of age. 
Joseph Kershaw’s son, Sholver-slack, an 
Idiot aged about nine years. 
Robert Winterbottom, Roebucklow, an 
Idiot about 30 years of age. As these indi- 
viduals are frequently deaf and dumb, I may 
also remark that a son of John Horsefield, 
of Roebucklow, is deaf and dumb ; amongst 
this latter class of objects it is often difficult 
to ascertain whether diminished intellect is 
the effect of defective education, or irregular 
evolution of the brain. 
John Shaw, near Doghill, has interred two 
idiotic children, the oldest lived to be twelve 
or fourteen years of age. 
James Robishaw has also interred two 
idiotic children, 
