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agreeable. The celerity with which the change of 

 horses was effected was admirable, but nothing of 

 any importance occurred on the journey. The country 

 was flat, or very slightly undulated, until we came 

 to Derbyshire, where hills of considerable elevation 

 presented themselves. The white mist that covered 

 the lowest grounds along our course seemed at a 

 little distance like a sheet of water, for which I at 

 first took it. The first light of the morning sun 

 showed the herbage covered with hoar frost. A short 

 delay caused by a refractory horse, which had to be 

 changed, enabled the passengers to get out and walk 

 about a mile, which had a good effect in restoring our 

 limbs to their natural state. At the Royal Hotel 

 in Manchester I had a most refreshing sleep of 

 eight hours' continuance, after which I was awakened 

 by the pain of some bug -bites on the neck and 

 back. 



We left Manchester at half-past five, and arrived 

 here at nine. It rained more or less heavily the whole 

 day, but the temperature was mild, and I experienced 

 very little inconvenience. The first part of our 

 journey was not interesting, the country being flat, 

 and disfigured by brick towns and manufactories ; but a 

 change soon came over the scene, and from Lancaster 

 to this place the country is hilly and even moun- 

 tainous. The geological phenomena observed were 

 interesting, although, of course, imperfectly observed. 

 During the night, from London to Derby, I could 

 only see that the country was secondary, consisting 



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