Spittle Hill 

 fromtfu. Bridge 



*)&r 



CHAPTER II 



Observations of the principal rivers in Derbyshire ; Viator lodges 

 at Piscator Junior's House. 



ISC. So, sir, now we have got to the top of the 

 hill out of town, look about you, and tell me 

 how you like the country. 



VIAT. Bless me, what mountains are here ! 

 Are we not in Wales ? 



Pise. No, but in almost as mountainous a 

 country ; and yet these hills, though high, bleak, 

 and craggy, breed and feed good beef and mutton, above ground, 

 and afford good store of lead within. 



VIAT. They had need of all those commodities to make amends 

 for the ill landskip : but I hope our way does not lie over any of 

 these, for I dread a precipice. 



Pise. Believe me, but it does, and down one, especially, that will 

 appear a little terrible to a stranger : though the way is passable 



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