circular columns, one of larger dimensions in front, and six on each side to form the projecting angle. "The several columns composing the clusters are beautifully contrived to relieve the eye from the general mass; they standing in part clear of the body of the cluster, but connected with it by their bases, bands, and capitals, which, with the ribs of the groins springing from them, are enriched with foliage and flowers." The columns are alternately of black marble and white freestone, which had a beautiful effect before the mistaken zeal of the reformers led them to destroy the contrast by an uniform wash of ochre. This portion of the chathedral derived its name from the nine altars erected beneath the windows on the east side, and dedicated to various saints. Previous to the Reformation, these altars had their several screens and covers of wainscot overhead; and had likewise, between each, a very fair and large partition of wainscot, all varnished over with fine branches, and flowers, and other imagery work, containing the several lockyers and amberies for the safe-keeping of the vestments and ornaments belonging to the altar. Before the great central window, nine cressets, or lamps, were suspended, whose light was so great as to make every part of the church visible during the time they were kept burning. HIGH FORCE OF THE TEES,-DURHAM. The Waterfall of High Force is situated near Middleton, in Teesdale, and about three miles from Winch Bridge. At this place the whole body of the Tees river rushes over a perpendicular rock of black marble sixty-nine feet in height, and precipitates itself into several caverns formed in the solid rock by the continual action of the waters in their descent. Clouds of mist and spray are produced by the violent fall of the torrent; and these, when illuminated by the sunbeams, reflect all the dyes of the rainbow. The concussion of the waters produces a sensible tremor in the earth for some distance; and the noise of the fall is heard for many miles round the country. GRASMERE, FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL,-WESTMORLAND. This view of Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, an eminence "scarcely one thousand feet above Windermere, and nine hundred above Grasmere," comprehends the whole of the lake, with all the varied sylvan and mountain scenery by which it is surrounded. Having already described this locality, in connexion with a former view of it, it remains only in the present instance to notice the prominent features of the view before us. At the farther end of the lake rises Helm Crag, "distinguished from its rugged neighbours, not so much by its height, as by the strange broken outlines of its top, like some gigantic building demolished, and the stones that composed it flung across each other in wild confusion." Beyond the crag, the hill of Dunmail Raise, and the mountains Helvellyn and Fairfield, rise in magnificent proportions. Sloping wood-covered eminences descend on each side to the margin of the lake, their rich foliage greatly enhancing the beauty of the valley, wherein is set the goodliest gem of all-the mere, shining "like a burnished silver sea," and reflecting from its motionless surface "all earth and heaven." The cairn, or monument, called Dunmail Raise, is an object of great interest to the antiquary, on account of the traditions connected with its history. It stands on the side of the road, in the middle of the pass between Cumberland and Westmorland, and is composed of a huge raise, or heap of stones, piled on each side of an earthern mound. Its bulk has of late years been lessened, in consequence of stones being taken from it for the repair of the adjoining roads. The generally received tradition concerning this pile is, that it was thrown together for the purpose of commemorating the name and defeat of Dunmail, a petty king of Cumbria, A.D. 945 or 946, by the Saxon monarch, Edmund I., who slew his vanquished enemy; and, in conformity with the cruel usages of that barbarous age, put out the eyes of his two sons. Gilpin, the topographer, conjectures that this heap of stones was intended as a boundary mark between the kingdoms of England and Scotland in ancient times, when the Scottish border extended much farther than it does at the present day. But whatever may have been the design with which this monstrous pile was originally raised, it is, notwithstanding the change it has suffered in its dimensions, one of those monuments of antiquity, which may be characterized by the scriptural phrase of "remaining to this very day.” RYDAL HALL, FROM FOX HOW,-WESTMORLAND. Rydal Hall is seated in a vale on a slight eminence, not far from the Ambleside road, and is sheltered by fine old timber, of which there is abundance in the grounds, and on the hill-side. The lofty mountain, Fairfield, rises immediately behind the edifice, and the lower part of this steep acclivity has obtained the name of Rydal Head. In the ascent of this hill is Rydal Mount, the residence of William Wordsworth, Esq. "In this place, within view at once of Windermere and Rydal Water, the father of the lake school of poetry has passed a considerable portion of his life; and the scenery around him, scarcely equalled in beauty by any in Westmorland or Cumberland, has probably contributed to enrich his imagination, to refine the natural purity of his feelings, and to produce many of the noble and exquisite descriptions of nature which adorn his poems." Rydal Hall has been the seat of the Flemings from a remote period. Sir Michael le Fleming, relative to Baldwin Earl of Flanders, brother-in-law of the Conqueror, was sent to the assistance of William, then newly arrived in England, and for his services that monarch gave him large grants of land in Furness. His descendants obtained possession of Rydal, in the reign of Henry VI., by marriage; and it has remained with them ever since. The present owner is Lady le Fleming, relict of Sir Daniel le Fleming, Bart. The view of the surrounding country, from Rydal Head, is exceedingly picturesque. "The pleasant vales of Grasmere and Rydal, beautifully diversified with wood, rock, |