. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 49 find employment. The population at this time can scarcely be estimated tit less than fromtwo to three thousand. There are in Keswick two museums, exhibiting, in addition to many foreign curiosities,the natural history and mineral productions of the surrounding country. At each ofthese, the visitor can purchase interesting specimens, illustrating the geology of theneighbourhood. With the a
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 49 find employment. The population at this time can scarcely be estimated tit less than fromtwo to three thousand. There are in Keswick two museums, exhibiting, in addition to many foreign curiosities,the natural history and mineral productions of the surrounding country. At each ofthese, the visitor can purchase interesting specimens, illustrating the geology of theneighbourhood. With the accompanying view before him, the reader need not be told that the situationof the town is beautiful and romantic. From the spirited delineation here given, the eyeis enabled to convey to the mind a vivid impression of this scene sublime :— Where, as to shame the temples deckdBy skill of earthly architect,Nature herself, it seemed, would raiseA minster to her Makers praise. On the mountains forming the back-ground of the view, the history of centuries ischaractered; and whilst viewing them, the question suggests itself,— Yon beetling brow,In craggy nakedne
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