a tract so-called, in the north part of Staffordshire, where the land rises gradually into small hills, which run through the midst of England in one continued ridge, rising higher and higher to Scotland, and sending forth many rivers. The soil here is so foul and cold, that the snows lie almost all the year on the tops of the hills; and it is withal very rugged and barren: it, however, yields plenty of coal, lead, copper, rance-marble, and mill-stones; and some of the limestone hills bear such a sweet though short grass, as is very grateful to the oxen, of which here is a very good breed. It is observed here, that the west wind always brings rain, and the east and south fair weather; that though this tract is full of bogs, it is as healthy as any other part of the county; and that it produces the same plants as the Peak of Derby.