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that stretches away to Cliviger, an endless variety of 

 beautiful change in mountain scenery. Up here are 

 found the grand summits called Hades Hill and Thieve- 

 ley Pike, the view from the top of the last-named 

 comprehending not only the southward country, but to 

 the north, almost the whole of Craven, with Ingleborough 

 and the wilds of Trawden Forest. The nearer portions 

 of the Lake District mountains, those which rise above 

 Cartmel, and that bathe their ancient feet in Coniston 

 are also distinguishable; and on sunny evenings, when 

 the atmosphere is clear, and if the tide be in, the estuary 

 of the Ribble. Cliviger is remarkable not alone for the 

 rocks and precipices the name denotes, but for the 

 number of beautiful curves, green with much grass, which 

 are interwoven with them, these latter constantly adding 

 the very sweet unusual feature in scenery, of vast 

 hemispherical green bowls, the whole country at the 

 same time, if we push far enough into the solitude, so 

 tranquil. 



O'er stiller place 

 No singing skylark ever poised himself. 



In some parts the rocks are clothed lavishly with ivy, 

 the knotted and rugged stems very plainly the growth of 

 centuries, while the massive upper branches throw them- 

 selves elegantly into the aerial sea, imitating the glorious 

 abandon of the strong swimmer when he dives. The 

 whole of the Lancashire border, at this part, including 

 the neighbourhood of Burnley, Trawden Forest, and the 

 Colne district, with the contiguous parts of Yorkshire, is 



