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and shroud themselves in soft haze and delicate 

 hues peculiar to cloud land. There are two houses 

 (Highfield and The Priory,) built just below the 

 ridge at Miller Brow, which we have thought, 

 from the time the foundations were laid, must 

 form the most enviable abodes in the country, — 

 commanding a view worthy of a mountain-top, 

 while sheltered by hill and wood, and with the 

 main road so close at hand that the conveniences 

 of life are as procurable as in a street. Mr. Car- 

 ver's house is worthy of this choice site, — a most 

 beautiful structure, designed by Mr. Bates, of Man- 

 chester. 



A short descent hence brings the walker to Cook's 



House, a point where four roads i*feet. Cook's 



House has only just disappeared, 



COOK'S HOUSE. ^^^ ^ j^g^ residence, buHt by Peter 



Kennedy, Esq., has taken its place. With it has 

 disappeared a fine specimen of the old fireplace 

 of the district, with its chimney-corners. It is 

 rather a drawback to the romance hanging about 

 those wide old chimneys, to know that the good 

 man had to sit with some special covering over 

 his shoulders, to protect him from the soot that 

 the rain brought down. At Cook's House there 

 were recesses and cupboards in that strange roof- 

 less alcove, — the door being of the old oak of 

 which such fine specimens may be seen in the 

 farmhouses of the dales. We should rather say, 

 might till lately have been seen ; for we fear there 

 are but few left. The greater number of old chests, 

 cupboard doors, and high -backed chairs, covered 

 with carvings, have found their way to the London 

 curiosity shops, whence agents have been sent 



