MID-CHESHIRE. 

 I. Vi& STRETFORD. 



/CHESHIRE, in its allurements, is almost equal to 

 Derbyshire, but they are of a totally different kind. 

 In this beautiful and fertile county, after leaving the east- 

 ern margin, there is nothing that can be called a mountain 

 it is the region of trees and sheet! of water. Here we 

 may stroll beneath green vaults of foliage, and be re- 

 minded of the aisles of cathedrals. Here may we con- 

 template the "viridis semctus of glorious old oaks, that 

 have watched the flow of generations ; and find many a 

 sylvan solitude, where, upon aged trunks, slantwise bent, 

 and fissured, tender mosses throw out their golden- 

 tinged and furry sprays, that seem a resurrection of the 

 frost embroidery of the window-panes. Here, in autumn, 

 we learn from a thousand old foresters from beech, and 

 chesnut, and elm that brave men, though overtaken by 



