The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts (1834) (14782358055)

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Title: The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts
Year: 1834 (1830s)
Authors: Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854
Subjects: England -- Antiquities England -- Architecture England -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Chidley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ale, below the general levelof the surrounding country, is 1000 feet; its lengthis between five and six miles, and its breadth in someparts is two miles. Near the entrance of the village, (which, on a nearapproach, is partly hid by some full-grown branch-ing trees,) a low bridge has been thrown across therippling stream which issues from the Cavern, atsome distance to the right. Formerly, a ditch andvallum extended in a semicircular course in front ofthe village, from the mountain on which the PeakCastle stands, and may still be traced in particulardirections. The buildings are mostly of stone, andthe chief support of the inhabitants is derived frommining occupations, and from the expenditure of thosevisitors who are induced by curiosity or science toinspect the remarkable scenes in this district. Of these scenes the Peak Cavern, or, as it isfrequently denominated, the Devils Cave, and some-times also by a still more vulgar patronymic derivedfrom Auld Horney, is the most extraordinary
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The entrance, or vestibule, as it may be called, isextremely magnificent, the Cave itself being situatedat the extremity of a deep and gloomy recess, formedby a chasm in the rocks, which range perpendicularlyon each side to a great height, having on the left therivulet which flows from the cavern, and pursues itsfoaming way over crags and broken masses of lime-stone. A vast canopy of unpillared rock, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, and assuming the appearance of a depressed arch,forms the mouth of this stupendous hollow. This arch, which is nearly regular in its structure, extendsin width one hundred and twenty feet, in height aboutforty-two, and in receding depth about one hundredfeet. Within this shadowy gulf are several rudehuts, the humble dwellings of men, women, and chil-dren, meanly clad, and employed in the manufactureof twine. Some of them officiate as guides ; and thecombination of their machines and uncouth abodeswith the sublime features of the natural scen