. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. Fic. 1. CLIMATE towards the summit ot Cross Fell, which is 2,930 feet above the sea ; southward of this the range continues till it joins Stainmoor ; in this direction there is no great depression as at the north. The ascent on the eastern slope is much more gradual than on the west, where it is sudden, with few or no spurs or outliers, except a few conical hills near Dufton in Westmorland, called Pikes. The annexed imaginary section (fig. i) will perhaps assist in giving an idea of the rise on the different sides. The horizo
. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. Fic. 1. CLIMATE towards the summit ot Cross Fell, which is 2,930 feet above the sea ; southward of this the range continues till it joins Stainmoor ; in this direction there is no great depression as at the north. The ascent on the eastern slope is much more gradual than on the west, where it is sudden, with few or no spurs or outliers, except a few conical hills near Dufton in Westmorland, called Pikes. The annexed imaginary section (fig. i) will perhaps assist in giving an idea of the rise on the different sides. The horizontal distance of the summit from the plain may be about 2,700 yards; at five miles from the base on the west is the river Eden, running nearly parallel to the mountain ; on the east of the summit range is the bed of the river South Tyne, the bridge over which at Alston is 300 feet higher than the village of Melmerby on the west. Along the summit of this chain of mountains, and extending from three or four to sixteen or eighteen miles each way, north and south from the highest point, there is often seen a large, long roll of clouds, the westerly front clearly defined and quite separated from any other cloud on that side ; it is at times poised as it were above the mountain, sometimes resting on its top, but most frequently descends a considerable way down its side ; this is called the Helm. In opposition to this and at a variable distance towards the west is another cloud with its eastern edge as clearly defined as the Helm, and at the same elevation ; this is called the Bar, or Bur. The space between the Helm and the Bar is the limit of the wind. The distance between the Helm and the Bar varies as the Bar advances or recedes from the Helm ; this is sometimes not more than half a mile, sometimes three or four miles ; occasionally the Bar seems to coincide with the western horizon, or it disperses and there is no Bar, and then there is a general east wind extending over all the c
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