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the thought of tranquil Norcliffe, that never tires. The 

 earl, it may be interesting to add, to whom the Alton 

 grounds owe their existence, represented by lineal 

 descent the famous Talbot of the Maid of Orleans' 

 story. When we part with him, we may run on, if we 

 please, to Rocester Junction, and thence to Ashbourne, 

 the threshold of Dovedale, there to chat with immortal 

 Izaak Walton. 



Shutlings Low, the old familiar and far-seen mamelon 

 above-mentioned, the only one we know of in Cheshire, 

 is considered also to be the highest ground in the county, 

 the summit reaching an elevation of over seventeen 

 hundred feet. The view which rewards the rather stiff 

 climb is like that from the crest of Mow Cop, not only 

 vast in compass, but very agreeably new, from command- 

 ing as much as the eye can embrace of Staffordshire. 

 The ascent is best made from Wild Boar dough, itself 

 the most picturesque of the many wild ravines which 

 betoken the near neighbourhood of Derbyshire. For 

 pedestrians the walk from Macclesfield to Buxton is also 

 a glorious one, Axe Edge intervening, with at about a 

 hundred feet below its topmost point the celebrated 

 hostelry, reputed to exceed in elevation even the 

 "Travellers' Rest" in Kirkstone Pass, and which in 

 name commemorates faithful Caton, Catonficfele. 



