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others of Jefs fize, all of which are cover- 
ed with heath, and on the tops of which 
nothing is heard fave the whiftlings of the 
Jonefome plover. The afcent to the top 
of Wild bore-fell is on one fide extremely 
fteep, and on the other flopes gradually, 
and forms an obtufe angle with the plain. 
On its fummit is a fpacious plain, where 
horfe-races were formerly held, and where 
there is alfo a {mall tarn, which, however, 
containsno fifh. This plain affords a fub- 
‘ime and pitturefque profpeét: looking 
weftward, we have a fire view of the (ea, 
near Milnthorp, which may be clearly dif- 
cerned with the naked eye, and which has 
a fine effect, efpecially at the fetting of 
the fun. On the north is feen Crofsfell 
and the lofty mountains of Cumberland, 
ftretching out to a great extent. Turn- 
ing to the eait and fouth, the view is 
bounded by ‘* Stanemore’s wintry wafte”* 
and the bleak hills of Yorkfhire. De- 
{cending from the fummit of this moun- 
tain in a northern direftion, we arrive 
near the bottom of the hill, at a place vul- 
garly called Green Law, which cught pro- 
bably to be denominated Green-Lawn. 
Here the writer of this article, as he jour- 
_ mired to perform his facred duties, has 
* frequently tiopped his horfe to admire the 
beauties of the furrounding {cenery, which 
he could never contemplate without ex- 
claiming in the words of the immortal 
Milton: 
«¢ Thefe are thy glorious works, parent of 
good ! 
Almighty! thine this univerfal frame, 
Thus wondrous fair! thyfelf how wondrous 
then !” 
The natura] variety end colouring which 
the feveral objeéts produce is not lefs won- 
derful than pleating. Looking eaitward, 
we have a view of the towns of Kirkby- 
fiephen and Brough, and of the furround- 
ing country ; but what chiefly captivates 
the attention, isa fine andopen plain, ex- 
tending from Stanemore through a great 
part of what is called the barony of Wett- 
moreland. The ruling tints of this land- 
fcape are green and gold, that arife from 
an intermixture of woods, of pafture- 
grounds, end fiel’s of corn, which are 
finely contrafred by tie grey rocks and 
hanging cliffs that appear behind Hiibeck- 
hail, lately the feat of J. Carlton, Efq. 
The mountains wnicit ftand oppefite to 
Wild-bore-feill on the eaft, are chiefly 
mafies of rocks, covered with a thin fira- 
tum of earth. 
It has been already obferved that the 
furface of the ground is very uncven. The 
Account of Kirkbyftephen, in Weftmoreland. 
[Sept. 1, 
foil, as may be expected in fo extenfive a 
tract, is various ; but, in general, it is of 
an excellent quality. It confits of a rich 
and deep loam, of fand mixed with earth 3, | 
and in many parts is very fhallow and 
light. Almoft every kind of foil, when 
manured and properly treated, makes a 
moft ample return, efpeciaily if the featons 
be warm, and attended with frequent fhow- 
ers. Inthis cafe the foil is very produc-. 
tive both of grafs and corn: although the 
lands, when not overcropped, produce, in 
general, excellent grain, yet, from the pe- 
culiar quality of the grafs that grows 
here, they feem well adapted for fattening, 
cattle, which are no where better fed. 
Tiefe remarks, however, are confined to the , 
neighbourhood of the town of Kirkbyfte.. 
phen, and to the fouthern parts of the parifh, 
The lands at Wharton-ball, which belong 
to Lord Vifcount Lowther, cannot be ex- 
celled for grazing in any part of Weft-. 
moreland ; and the fheep which were fed 
upon them during the laft feafon, were the, 
fatteft the writer of this articie ever wit- 
nefled in this country. In the lower and 
more northern parts of the parifh, the foil 
feems be adapted for tillage. 
Notwithfanding the wind blows chiefly 
from the fouth aud fouth-weft, and expoles 
this country to frequent fhowers, and 
fometimes to long-continued rains, yet 
the climate, upon the whole, is neither 
damp nor unhealthy. This may be owing 
to the nature of the foil, which, by acmit- 
ting the rainto pals eahly through its fur- 
face, quickly abiorbs and dries it up. 
On the contrary, clayey grounds, by 
long retaining the falling fhowers upon its 
fartace, permits the rays of the fun to ex- 
hale them. Hence the air, being impreg- 
nated with a conftant fucceflion of watry 
particles, is kept perpetually damp, and . 
rendered unwholeiome. The air, here, 
however, is pure and fharp, though the . 
climate frequently changes from heat to 
cold, and from wet to dry, and vice VE fay 
The airand climate, indeed, vary with the 
foil and furface: in the higher and 
fouthern parts of the parith, they are cold 
and unpleafant ; whilft in the lower and 
more northern parts, they are mild and 
agreeable, and incw {cldom lies here for 
a great length of time. 
An infance of tne wholefomenefs of the | 
climate is obfervable in the healthfulnefs of 
the people, who are not frequently vifired 
with any epidemical difeafe, and who ge- . 
nerally live to an advanced age. Certain, 
however, it is, that rheumatifms, confump- 
tions,and nervous fevers, fometimes prevail. , 
The fmall-pox, which in former times, | 
ufed 
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