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the best mode of steeping his spirit in the deep 

 solitudes of her interesting and wide domains. 



There are some spots in this part of Derby- 

 shire interesting to the angler who has a taste 

 for the fine arts. Ham Hall is the seat of Jesse 

 Watts Bussell, Esq., and is built in the Tudor 

 style of architecture. The landscape around is 

 beautiful. The gallery of paintings comprehends 

 some of the works of Bomney, Gainsborough, 

 Northcote, Stothard, Wilson, Shee, Turner, 

 Owen, Howard, Landseer, with some foreign 

 pictures of name and reputation. In the old 

 village church there is a monumental group in 

 white marble, by Sir Francis Chan trey, worthy 

 of notice. In the centre of the village is a work 

 of great art, a gothic stone cross, which bears 

 an inscription to the memory of a lady. This 

 displays great taste, and a due appreciation of 

 the highest principles of art. 



The Derwent rises from the hilly parts of 

 Derbyshire, and runs through many beautiful 

 vales, with their princely mansions, and the 

 toWns of Baslow, Matlock, Belper, Darley, and 

 Derby, and then joins the Trent a short distance 

 from Shardlow-Bridge. 



There are a great number of angling stations 

 on this river; Baslow, Eowsley-Bridge, and 

 Matlock are the principal. Beautiful water and 



