m n .
Even at the prefent! day, th é geography of Pome parts of N.ew
Holland, is better undeiftopd than that of Pome parts of Great Britain,
There is not even a feparate map of the Englifli TivefsJ thpy-gh^fisjrice
fet arvex-ample fo f this kind,- a century arid a h a lf a g p | n o f higjthere
Mr. Houfman, -in his Deferiptian: b f Cumberland, iSoö , Svo.) is the moft
recent authority for the -height o f the Britilh mountains, whichriie -e^ lK a / in the folBwing
Sp pb r*‘hf
• ■ . i t! Heights o f the Mountains above the LekieLof the Sea; j ;;
- f r; ;,F.eet-r; _
Snowden', in Wales, b y Waddington . * - > vf, (, C .^ IS.S
1 I Wherafide w 1 'Do. «'* i - '• ' ffl l i t S - '
Pendlchill- ■ J D o . , t - F . ; - J . 3 ^ 1 -
Penny gent-_ . j D o . - 7 - - * - h r f . - . f ’i i d V i ;t
ïhgïeborójjgb, ■ ' 1 -'Do.1 " - 1 i | h -d h f | Vi' - 3*987. '* '
, j HtjlweUyn, by,Donald-.-. ' ^ ' V - 33^4
' ‘ 'Stidda^ ^SSeT L § | V ° "A
Crofs-fell, ^ ' t «P?1- V T . *■ /;
! SadfflebaA, u • ' f - f * ! ! i ‘ Z > t 5 <*
Benlomond ( _ - • _ ~ m _ s ,,
” fB e 'iiey tfi:''! - ’ ”
:, ■ Beii-ytboui-d higher -
■ . L a g h in - y ;^ ^
‘ * Benwewifti, . ’ .’ ’ *' * . » ,
T T Skiddaw, ,by- the « p e ï t e e a t s sdfi" Ml,; W a lk
o f the fea, a t Whitehaven
Crofs-fell, hy.Peniiant ■
. B y Pennant*. *H *
- Perpetial fridw'.
from thcpUnc
i H H B W ■' '3n
Bu t great Belli andprecifioh are required m Tneafuripg the b ights ’“o f - i f q f f iA j s ; Tafq ex-
' 'celiaa: 'utathematieian,- Mr. Ewart^oPEancafter,hnjrafured. the height o f Ingleborough, with
deleft and- high.praeed,inilrumente,.and great care,. JHerejis.the’rqfult, a s^m i i|n ic a f|d ,t^ p e
by Dr. Garnett i
Height o f Ingleborough above thejevel o f the Sea, inlfeef: an d decimals. y *
*y * B y barometrical admeafurement ' — J t 2377>IZ
B y trigonometrical . j - \ - , | - _ -xv- Z ijigiEO^V, jg X
VS/ham' canUbt -be* ahove! Too feet higher, while Pendle and Pennigant are lower. T he mea-
. furements b y Donald are probahly near the i,truth; Crofsfell bejng, in Dr. Gara'ett'ik'PBimon,
the htgheft moun/ain in England. _ -
Mr. Houfman has, however, given a good general view o f the Engfira lnbrinlato?. On coming
frotn the fouth (p. 5 .) they begin in Derby (hire*, dretching a little -into Chefliire. T he tops of
the 'ridges are (commonly wet and b o ggy, and produce heath, berit-grafs, and r p je s .\ Th*ey are
nlmoft nniverfally calcareous. Near Penrith (p. 8.) they_almoft wholly difappear: * • The fummit
o f Crofsfell (p .! l8-)- is fearcely 1000 yards above; the fea, ' and prbfents' large heap! b f .lqofe
whitiih free-ftbne, or, morejrohably, argillaceous grit. ,
been any attempt to delineate 'the chains o f mountains in England.
The Imperfection - o f the materials muft therefore apologize; for any
errors or defeiSts. in th e . fubfequent flight fketch. The mountains of
Gheviot’may be faid to foriri; ai. regtil^| sridgey running from theyfouth-
weft, where they jo in thofe-of Galloway to the; nprtb-eaft., B u t there
is a central ridge which pervades England fram north to fouth,^beginning
at Geltfdale foreft, 14 miles Si,E, o f Carlifle *, and palling on the weft of
Durham and Yorkthire, whgiie it contains mines, iof* coal arid lead, but is
fplit 'i*tf|o iMgriififeant. appel'laiions of^ft/Zr and &mr. f Kelton-fell, Stan-
jrif.re^Wdd.ehRl.vf^^l^^fe^^dll Bqy^fell, B.pphil^8s|.; ^ 4 .
arife 'orii th e wefiern toaitp, <sfi Tpr*l^hii|r.i^'Cum'berlarja ’a ri^ ^ p& s to rp k n d
p referit}1 m any. d et^sjlfe^l.; mpun^|i u s, Skid;d)a*Wi,i ^&g, ■whislii'-C^'ll* h^&;"Jbp
reduced to any diftimft arrangement* jyihlll &ofe of Craven, in the Vt eA
RidingtAf|^opkfflii^r^ rfS jWhanayjer aiSs^ommonly calle^jbyrtlm fcdu.ntr*y
pe®|ftl 3^harfif]jdjg,b^0^efeorpugh1j a |d (tfPenH.igant the
eaftriofenharicaftefc f , ; ''belong, to The: peritr^['.|Ghain, hich^pErieReds
fouthyiih®'6ugh.Dlerbyftii.rer .'-ftilj a b o j^m lin g .w ith .m in e r a ls ,n a tu r a l
curiofities^rnbut , here -it j&ams, , t'eri^jjjate^ lcucadhi-A a-.h a ^M in'liO
Ghefhjrev ’Still,.thriV,ey’€ ‘h; a central ,cha^^rfl£mallpr el^.\ak1«Ib uiaj' bo
tra L.rii]-‘iiny a j/ig-/agtlm.c!; to n e a ^ S 'd i^m ^ t^ i th f i^ v p m a rglpg and-
irr.cgukr.f^iin]oh.e,h om^ic- Gdilj. one towards- ISioinjltedna&er pttoiKenfj
w*Wl^|af^h ird |® in s-/ J ^ § 1 ^ * 1% '
^ GamhddgelhirA & c t i n of
H a i ^ ! i i r e , 'S ^ r r ^ a t id ’ ^ a ljrte n liilltW ^V v ^ r i^ k i 11 lire, *g|^
viate from the central ridge.,' while thofe of. Co.tfwold,
ftilre<h i|V 1b'fe '■fega’^ded ^Vhohianijat&lf’®# h . h J jlj u -1 lfth" wti 1 Aj^php,
P o ld ^ f^ ^ g e r iipQ H ' Solff^rctlliird ;u the
Wilds'’ of Dartnipre, in, Devon ; and the hills and upland downs of
. * The heathy traft extendif6 BewCaftie’and Nichol Foreft, hut is level.' yjdoufm. 427.
j ' f Thut-rnglebbrow-hill, PendleV* and Pennigent, 5
Should named be the hlghefl. betwixt our Tweed and Trent! *;, ■
I|l - 2$,
It is remarkable that Wharn} the higheS is,om'ttcrl, ' N
v o l . i. v Corriwal'i.*
Mount
Cheviot
Central
Chain.