CHAPTER XII. 



THE NORTH-EASTERN HIGHLANDS. 



My heart leaps up when I behold 



The rainbow in the sky 

 So was it when I was a boy ; 

 So is it now I am a man ; 

 So be it when I shall grow old, 



Or let me die ! 



WORDSWORTH. 



OR our present purpose it is convenient to 

 include, under the general title of the 

 North-eastern Highlands, the vast mountain 

 district, occupying portions of three counties, 

 which extends from the Peak to the neigh- 

 bourhood of Greenfield. Reached in part by 

 the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire system, in 

 part by the L. & N. W. Huddersfield line, it is tolerably 

 well-known to travellers by those railways. They are 

 cognizant of it as a region of lofty moorland, bleak and 

 uninviting except at grouse-time. To people in general, 

 however, it is as strange as Norway; and no wonder, 

 since a visit to any one of the better portions implies a 

 love of adventure which, if not exceptional, is infrequent. 



