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" Near Over-Haddon is the source of the Lath- 

 kill, one of the most brilliant streams that play 

 among the dells of Derbyshire. The cradle 

 of this rivulet is pleasingly romantic : from a 

 cavern in a mass of broken rock, whose sides 

 and summits are adorned with branches of trees, 

 the Lathkill issues into day; and running down 

 a gentle declivity, amongst huge stones, by 

 which it is divided into separate currents, 

 it is sometimes an object of considerable 

 beauty." 



The environs of Buxton, as most travellers 

 know, abound with natural curiosities and 

 delightful scenery. On the Bakewell road we 

 meet with lofty perpendicular rocks, which form, 

 as it were, strong bulwarks to the valley of the 

 Wye, and impart to it those interesting and 

 romantic feelings with which most visitors and 

 anglers on the river are inspired. At a short 

 distance from the town, in a different direction, 

 we fall in with those curious limestone-quarries 

 which have for long excited the attention of 

 strangers. "Pool's Hole" is a cavern of con- 

 siderable dimensions in the rock, somewhat con- 

 tracted at its entrance, but more spacious in its 

 inner courts. Stalactites profusely cover its 

 roof and sides ; and towards its centre it con- 

 tracts; but a little beyond, it again becomes 



