Cobden Edge. 1 3 



desires not to destroy life, but to preserve it ; and that 

 both their own pleasure in the future, and that of others, 

 is spoiled by the inconsiderate appropriation of more 

 specimens than are actually needed for bond, fide scientific 

 purposes. There is no excuse for the wanton annihila- 

 tion or impoverishment of the locality, either of a rare 

 bird, or of an uncommon shell, or of a rare insect. The 

 laying-out of the paths, and the planting of the valley, 

 were the exemplary work of the late Mr Samuel Oldknow, 

 who formerly owned the property, and occupied the large 

 mill where we found the walnut-trees. Mr Oldknow was 

 in many ways a great benefactor to the neighbourhood : 

 he was the projector also of the Peak-forest canal. 



Cobden Edge, the huge round hill that rises over 

 Strines, is best approached direct from Disley, crossing 

 the road a little beyond the " Ram's Head" hotel, and 

 going down the steep lane. Presently we come to a slit 

 in the wall upon the right hand, through which it is 

 necessary to sidle, accommodating ourselves as we best 

 can to the diameter of the passage, afterwards crossing 

 the canal and the river Goyt, curling to the right, then 

 going through a pretty glen, and so to the path that leads 

 up the hill. From the summit, all the grandeurs of 

 Marple Ridge are renewed fivefold. Lyme Park and 

 Alderley have sunk nearly into the plain ; the Marple 

 hills are only an undulation ; Beeston Castle is conspi- 

 cuous ; Kinder-Scout and the hills on the Buxton road 

 are in a line with the eye. 



