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the antiquary and the local historian ; many romantic 

 dells are also here, though now usually occupied by 

 some description of " works " or manufactory. Such 

 is the case with the once celebrated and picturesque 

 place called "The Jumbles," on the right of the 

 line, and adjacent to Edgeworth. Arrived at EN- 

 TWISTLE, six miles from Bolton, the eye is captivated 

 by a fine upward stretch of country, plentifully wooded, 

 remarkably free from chimneys and buildings, and sur- 

 rounded by the high hills that divide it from the valley 

 of the " East Lancashire " Railway, and that border the 

 forest of Rossendale. In reference to the term " forest," 

 as applied to Rossendale, the " Peak-forest," &c., it 

 may be useful to remark that these places were not so 

 called because covered with trees, in the way that the 

 appellation of "forest" implies at present, but on ac- 

 count of their originally wild and uncivilised condition. 

 They were ad foras, or " out-of-doors." The word 

 "Frith" has a similar signification, as in the name of 

 the Derbyshire village we visited en route to Castleton, 

 which is literally " Chapel-in-the-outlandish-country." 



Ascending from the Station, and crossing two or three 

 fields, we come to a broad sheet of water, called " En- 

 twistle Lodge," the embankment for which was con- 

 structed about 1830. Nature has long since repaired 

 the damage then done to her original beauty, and gives 

 us at once a lovely scene for the artist and the photo- 

 grapher, and a dell rich in wild-flowers for the botanist. 



