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much, we will next take GLOSSOP, or rather " Howard- 

 town," the place really intended when " Glossop " is 

 spoken of, (at all events by men of business,) and which 

 is the modern offspring of the adjacent and antiquated 

 village with name that has outlived its fortunes. 



Glossop is reached by a branch from the main Shef- 

 field line, that runs down upon the right, immediately 

 after we cross the lofty and celebrated "Dinting Via- 

 duct." It has a thriving aspect ; the streets are clean ; 

 two large cotton-mills give employment, when times are 

 good, to over six thousand " hands ;" and the pleasant 

 air that sweeps from the circling hills renders it easy to 

 believe that the doctors have little to do except with con- 

 tributions for the census. The surrounding country is 

 bold, picturesque, and remarkably varied; it abounds 

 with pleasant walks, and although in some parts there is 

 arduous work before all is completed, no portion is in- 

 accessible, even to ladies, or in any way unsuitable for 

 them. The best is found by going along the Hayfield 

 road as far as the Charlestown toll-bar, opposite which 

 we take the paved path across the grass, thence ascend- 

 ing through the fir plantation, and here we begin to 

 feel what the neighbourhood is like. Upon the left are 

 moorlands, which, in autumn, glow with the purple of 

 the heather bloom ; and, in spring, have their brown 

 flanks variegated with green patches of whortleberry; 

 here and there they are dotted with white "shooting- 

 boxes;" and upon the uppermost ridge, in bold relief 



