disposition, outline, and comparative height 

 of the different mountains ; all of which are 

 correctly given in the model. Thus we have, 

 at the south-west corner, Black Comb — a 

 rounded hill, almost entirely detached from 

 any others ; and in the far north, the fine 

 Skiddaw group, consisting of Skiddaw proper. 

 Saddleback, Latrigg, and numerous others of 

 less dimensions, forming, as it were, an 

 isolated patch, and terminating the land of 

 lakes and "mountains. These, however, are 

 the only hills forming independent groups. 



Towards the centre of the model, are seen 

 two high hills ; one presenting several rugged 

 heads, or pikes, known as Scawfell Pikes, 

 (risingS, IGOfeet) ; and the other with a rounded 

 top, not unlike the gable of a house in outline ; 

 and hence called Great Gable ; its height 

 being 2,925 feet. From these, nearly all the 

 hills and vallies in this immense tract seem to 

 take their rise. Wordsworth remarked, many 

 years ago, that these two hills seemed to form 

 the nave of a wheel, whose spokes were re- 

 presented by the dales. This it would be 

 difficult to prove to one's mind, by a view 

 from the top of even Scawfell Pike itself. 

 So many unforeseen difficulties come in the 

 way ; and it is only in a model formed on a 

 good scale, that we can be perfectly satisfied. 

 Indeed such a grand view as we have here, 

 could not be attained unless we were raised 

 through one-half of the atmosphere ; and 

 then, only, weather permitting. 



Next to correctness in form, beauty of 

 coloring is an indispensable element in a good 

 model, and here Mr. Flintoft has succeeded 

 admirably. The combination of the two has 

 such a lively effect on the mind, that the 

 gazer almost fancies, when looking on some 

 pretty little patch, that he is a 



" Child of the country, wild and free ;" 

 and a wish, something like Montgomery's, 

 rises involuntarily, especially if the day be 

 wet : — 



I long to climb those old grey rocks, 

 Glide with yon river to the deep ; 



Eange the green hills with herds and flocks, 

 Free as the roebuck run and leap ; 



Then mount the lark's victorious wing, 



And from the depth of ether sing. 



The model is the result of six years' undi- 

 vided labor ; and an experience extending 

 over a long series of years, aided by an 

 ingenious and well-trained mind. 



Well; the rain has disappeared, and 

 promises to return no more to-day ; so we ! 

 make off for the lake or some other favorite i 

 retreat, for the remainder of the afternoon, j 

 Well pleased are we with what we have seen, 

 and more than pleased with the urbanity of 

 the parties whose exhibition we have visited ; 

 and determined to avail ourselves of their kind 

 invitation to return " free" as often as we can 

 find it convenient to do so. D. 



BATHING,— ITS USE AND ABUSE. 



BY SIR ARTHUR CLARKE. 



We do our nature wrong, 



Neglecting overlong 

 The bodily joys that help to make us wise ; 



The ramble up the slope 



Of the high mountain cope — 

 The long day's walk, the vigorous exercise, 



The fresh luxurious bath, 



Far from the trodden path, 

 Or, 'mid the ocean waves dashing with harmless roar, 

 Lifting us off our feet upon the sandy shore. 



WORDSWORTn. 



That bathing is the most efficacious of remedies, 

 i as well as the most healthful of luxuries, is so fully 

 : established by the opinion of the highest authori- 

 j ties, founded on the universal practice and experi- 

 ence of ages, that it is unnecessary to go over the 

 beaten ground. I shall therefore proceed to ob- 

 serve, that the manner of bathing, though a point 

 of the first importance, seems by most people to 

 be thought of no consequence at all ; but let the 

 effect of bathing be considered, and this indiffer- 

 ence will appear in a strong light. 



By the compression of the whole external sur- 

 face of the body, which takes place on judicious 

 immersion, the blood is carried on with acquired 

 force to the heart, and returned by the reaction 

 with proportional impulse. By this increased action 

 and velocity, the capillaries are opened, the slug- 

 gish and tenacious humors loosened, obstructions 

 are removed, the vessels are cleansed, and the whole 

 system is invigorated ; but all this depends on total 

 and instant immersion ; and to suppose that step- 

 ping into a bath, or wetting the body by parts, will 

 produce these effects, is an absurdity that one would 

 scarcely think any person of the commonest powers 

 of comprehension could admit ; yet the practice of 

 many people seems to imply as much, though even 

 the most accustomed bathers have experienced, 

 that when, by bathing in shallow water, they 

 have necessarily wetted the lower extremities first, 

 their breath has been taken away ; whereas by 

 plunging wholly into water of the same tempera- 

 ture, no such inconvenience has arisen : a sufficient 

 proof of the danger of partial bathing. 



As by judicious bathing the vessels are freed, 

 and the pores opened, so, by a contrary mode, the 

 very reverse of these advantages must be expected. 

 Everything beyond a single plunge and imme- 

 diate immersion is preventive of the incalculable 

 benefit which judicious bathing never fails to pro- 

 duce. By continuing in the bath, the body is rob- 

 bed of its natural heat ; reaction prevented ; the 

 vessels collapse ; and transpiration by the natural 

 channel of the pores is suspended ; obstructions 

 are confirmed, and paralysis is frequently induced. 

 It is common to observe the fingers of " dabbling" 

 bathers void of the vital stream ; and though 

 habit enables some persons of robust constitutions 

 to remain a considerable time in the water, it can- 

 not fail ultimately to destroy the vigor of the frame. 

 Even the exercise of swimming, when long con- 

 tinued, has in numberless instances occasioned the 

 loss of the use of limbs, and not unfrequentlv proved 

 fatal. 



Some persons think it a laudable feat to leap 

 head foremost from a height into the water ; but 

 this unnatural posture must be injurious, except 

 to those whose heads and heels are equally pro- 



