There were giants in those days; and it must have been the hands of giants that piled the massive blocks, and eyes accustomed to great expanses that measured off the large and lofty space.

Smaller rooms have been built above it and around it, and every generation has added something to its beauty and comfort; but Loegberg's great hall, with its enormous fireplace, is still the heart of the home.
For nowhere better than among these "dalesmen" can the English elemental resistance to fusion be seen.

Only at the extreme point of necessity have they exchanged ideas with any other section, yet they have left their mark all over English history.

In Cumberland and Westmoreland, the most pathetic romances of the Red Rose were enacted.

In the strength of these hills, the very spirit of the Reformation was cradled.