This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...lies under the heath and the grass, these once wild moorlands are now covered over by many peopled towns. The Cambrian Group. Eastward of the Pennine Chain, do you see that splendid group of mountains, with the lakes shining between? Those are the lakes and mountains of Cumberland and Westmoreland, which are so famous ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...lies under the heath and the grass, these once wild moorlands are now covered over by many peopled towns. The Cambrian Group. Eastward of the Pennine Chain, do you see that splendid group of mountains, with the lakes shining between? Those are the lakes and mountains of Cumberland and Westmoreland, which are so famous that we must visit them again. The Welsh Hills. The low lands that surround the valley of the Dee divide the hills of Wales from the Pennine Chain; they are of a different sort, being chiefly slate mountains. Only in the south do we find coal-bearing rocks again. i The Ilills of Devon and Cornwall. Crossing the Bristol Channel, we find ourselves again on high ground among the cold and lofty moors and hills of Devon and Cornwall. Great though the crags sometimes are, these rocks are not nearly as old as are the rocks of Wales. Wonderful to say, its rocks are like the rocks of Brittany, and its people, too, are like the people of Brittany. The Cotswolds. Moving north and westward now we look down on a delightful chain of hills that bound the vale of Gloucester. These are limestone hills and, like all the rest, stand boldly up on the western side and then gently descend towards the east. Down from their green pleasant slopes run the rivers like silver threads; some one way to join the broad Severn on its way to the western sea; some another way to join the more distant eastern shore. The highest hill is called Cleeve Cloud, because the clouds sometimes hang lower than its top. Tlie Hills of Clialk. Now let us cross to the high, uplifted Salisbury Plain, the centre and spring of England's chalk lands. Anyone who has walked or ridden much through England knows how differently coloured are the dust and mud stains that he carries home from his wander...
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