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apply to Scotland with the substitution of the Secretary for Scot- 

 land for a Secretary of State. 



(2). This Act shall apply to Ireland, with the substitution ot 

 the Lord Lieutenant for a Secretary of State, and of the grand 

 jury for the council of an administrative county, and any expenses 

 incurred in carrying this Act into effect in Ireland shall be defrayed 

 out of grand jury cess. 



THE PTARMIGAN IN LAKELAND. 



By Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A. 



One of the best known histories of the county of Oumberland 

 is that of John Denton, of Cardew, near Carlisle. This gentle- 

 man married a daughter of Sir John Dalston, of Dalston Hall, 

 and is said to have been imprisoned in the Tower of London, in 

 consequence of a quarrel between himself and Dr. Robinson, 

 Bishop of Carlisle. During his incarceration John Denton made 

 extracts from the records kept in the Tower. He compiled from 

 these his History of Cumberland, of which several copies, or 

 rather editions (for they all differ), are in existence. The original 

 copy is lost, but must have been written about 1610. In 1887 

 the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society pub- 

 lished an edition of the work, based on a comparison of all the 

 available copies, or editions, existing in MS., and edited by my 

 friend Chancellor Ferguson, of Carlisle. This gentleman has 

 just shown me a newly-discovered MS. copy of Todd's so-called 

 edition. It formerly belonged to Dr. Joseph Smith (who was 

 Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, from 1730 to 1756), and is 

 now the property of the Rev. J. R. Magrath, Provost of Queen's. 

 It is entitled 'An Account of the County of Cumberland, 1737.' 

 Under the title of Wasdale, I find an interesting and entirely new 

 passage, which is of considerable interest to naturalists. It is as 

 follows: — "Further northwards, ascending by ye course of ye 

 River Irt (near unto ye Bankes whereof are vast and strong ffells 

 (great mountains) a large Territory of vast forest ground falls in 

 view from ye summit of ye great mountain called Scaw fell, wch 

 may dispute of height any Hill in Cumberland) at ye foot wherof 

 appears Wasdale chapel, which Dale whether denominated from 

 ye Wast land wherein ye same is situate or from ye washing of 



