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by Jesse Watts Russell, Esq., to the memory 

 of his wife. It is in imitation of the Waltham 

 Cross, elaborately and beautifully carved, and 

 with statues of excellent workmanship in the 

 niches. At the foot of the cross flows a foun- 

 tain of clear, pure water. An inscription in 

 red and black letters tells of her virtues to 

 whom the cross is raised, and, in allusion to 

 the fountain, adds these lines : 



"Dried is that fount, but long may this endure 

 To be a well of comfort to the poor." 



Ham Hall is a handsome building in the 

 Tudor style, with a flag tower, and the grounds 

 surrounding it are charmingly laid out, bordered 

 as they are by the river, and above that a most 

 lovely background of woodland scenery just 

 now in full foliage, and only beginning to show 

 the autumnal tints ; it will be still more lovely 

 when the approaching Indian summer occurs, 

 if such a season should occur in this hitherto 

 gloomy autumn. 



There it is that the river Manifold oozes out 

 of the earth after a subterraneous journey of 

 about five miles, and a few yards above it 

 emerges another river, the Hamps. The latter 



