The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-10-05


but not prepossessing. Ii is cradlId IT
a deep vale. the hills on each s;debeing
higher than the tops of the buiNnes
At 8 O'Clock, the coach reached Bux
ton, pretty village, neatly built o
hewn stone, chiefly at The expense o
The Duke of Devonshire. Buxton ha
long been celebrated watering phce
Ii is SAID. the Remains here erected
bath, and that many antiquities are foun,
in the vicinity.
II is distinguished also as one of tn
favourite retreats OF Mary Queen o
Scots, during her babarous lmprisoD
ment in The vicinity. On her last v'siI
she is said TO have left the foilowi'E
classical valedictoTy:
Buxtona, qua calide celebrabere monde
lympha.
Forte mihi posthac non adeunda, vale,"
6 Buxton, whose fame thy tepd waters H.
Whom perhaps no more shah see, farewell"
The water is of the temperature f
80 degrees, being about that of MP !,
without the taste of any mineral proHr-
ties to prevent nausea. 1t is howe Ter
admirably adapted to the purposes Of
bathing, for which il is extensiv ly ns-
ed. Around the spring extends what's
termed the Crescent, beautiful SEN.
circular pile Of buildings, three storls
high, occupied as hotels and baths, "a
the accommodation Of visitants. Ii W.
erected by the late Duke Of Devonshirt
at an expense, including that of the sli
bles above mentioned, of E120,O0(
Upwards of 5000 piles were driven /
feet into the ground, to obtain foundf
ton.
Our ride from Buxton TO Blackwell
distance of ten miles, was through ht
ly region, exhibiting fair specimen
The scenery in the Peak of DerbvshiJ
IN which there is great uniformity, ,
lar as ii has met our observation. Its
a limestone country, with here ID
there native and castellated precipif.
The highest of the bills are about 100
feet. being nearly of the same altifs
as the High Lands on the HudsonJ ut
far inferior in variety and picturaue
beauty. They are generally deslhte
OF trees and to their very tops eIbit
the appearance of a smooth aud csely
grazPd pasture, with white rocks bca-
sionally peeping from the surfac A
succession OF these ridges aud deelval
He's extends from Cheshire TO oFk-
shire. There is the same uniform y in
the villages of the Peak, which insist
of one story houses, built of uiewn
limestone, with matched roofs. they
give romantic aspect TO the cdDtry,
beng Graded among the hills, anIoflen
seen hundreds OF feet below the tavel-
| Ter.
| The coach arrived at Bakewei about
noon, where we found the Iet hotel.
which had been met with sine landing
II belongs to the Duke of Rutland, who
has fitted it up 10 the style of privae
dwelling, with chambers aud nttifg-
rooms handsomely finished and furnish
ed. lis walls are hung with pictures
and sketches of natural scenery
Among the books lying upon he ia
bles in the several apartments. wa;
gratified to find the London edi,ioaof the
Pioneers, by Cooper, and OF Innings
marke, by PauldiDg.
! Near The front door of the hotl, the
following curious notice was SUSPENDED
from the wall, in gilt letters, cweret
with glass White Watson, F L. S
Bath-house, Blackwell, executes nonu
ments, tombs, &c. gives lessons ongeol
ogy and mineraiogy; and FURNISHES col
lections affords information to auiqua
rians; and amusement to boialists.
This advertisement furnished hinder
10 profession unknown in our country
and while dinner was preparing hat
| the curiosity 10 pay a visit to the Glen
J tific Caleb Quotem. He was TO he
perfect original, and it is not improlabi,
he may have sat 10 the pencil 4 ST
Walter Scott, who is familiar with Peal
scenery.
With much polteness and suaviy Q
, manners be conducted us to his cabne
put on his glasses, set in black horn, az
commenced an exhibition of all the ar;i
cles which his own industry andthe con
/ tribntions Of his friends have asse mbeC
Druidical, Roman, Celtic, Saxon, an
Gothic remains. ofalI descriptions, eric
a museum, which does not exceed il ii
dimensions, eight feet by ten. With
those narrow limits may be seen III. la
! chrymaIories, in which some C8sa 0
centurion bottled the tears of his mis-
tress; fragments of stone conseciate
: by holy rites IN groves Of oak implt
, menis which no antiquary can explair
dIsinterred from the barrows. In al az
{ joining room, is cabinet of all the mil
erals to be fouod in Derbyshirel A
these curiosities, natural and arhficIa
together with the Roman bath, ihe nj
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