This English mountain, which has an elevation of thirty-five hundred and
thirty feet, or nearly three-fourths of a mile above the level of the
sea, is situated in Cumberland. It is more remarkable on account of the
scenery over which it presides, and which exceeds in beauty whatever the
imagination can paint, than for those bold projections and that rugged
majesty which might be expected, but which will be here sought in vain.
Except at such a distance as smooths the embossed work of all these rich
fabrics, and where its double summit makes it a distinguished object to
mark and characterize a scene, it may be considered as a tame and
inanimate object.