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GEOLOGY OF ENGLAND.

The mountains and valleys of the north-ern range form the fascinating scenery roundthe lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland,the gloomy grandeur of Craven in York­ shire , and the romantic dales of Derby­ shire . A magnificent view of the loftiest partof the northern range presents itself on theroad from Kirkby Lonsdale to Kendal; or oncrossing the sands from Lancaster to Ulver-stone, a more extended and distant view, com-prising the principal mountains of Cumberlandand Westmoreland, is seen from the heightsof Stanmore, on the road from Appleby toRichmond in Yorkshire . Helvellyn, Saddle-back, Skiddaw, and the mountains near Wi-nandermere and Coniston , are distinctly con-spicuous. Whoever has charmed away aportion of his existence among these moun-tains, whose forms he can here recognise atthe distance of forty miles, will

“ cast a longing, lingering look behind,”

as he turns from them for the last time in pass-ing southward.

The mountains of Cumberland, Westmore-land,