YORK AND ITS MINSTER.
��ON our route to York, about sixteen miles from Newcastle, we had opportunity to admire the rich meadows of Durham sleeping in the embrace of the "NVeare, and the lofty eminence crowned by its magnifi cent cathedral and castle. The towering oaks of Dar lington attracted our attention, as did also Hermitage- Castle, Thirlby-House, embosomed amid noble trees, and other edifices and townships, of which a traveller s haste permitted only a cursory examination.
After crossing the Trent, which divides the county of Durham from Yorkshire, we observed a high state of tillage and fine breeds of cattle, with farm-houses of brick, roofed with red tile, far less picturesque than the whitewashed cottage, with its embrasure of roses. The city of York is situated in a rich vale, of a penin sular form, between the rivers Ouse and Fosse, and equidistant from the capital cities of Scotland and England. It is fortified, and tradition says, that Agri- cola labored upon its walls. However this may be, it was early distinguished by the Romans, during their dynasty in Britain. The Emperor Adrian made it his
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