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Still, most who are in search of the picturesque will prefer to seek it at Matlock Bath, where indeed they will not be left to discover it for themselves. In this famous spot the beauties of nature are all catalogued, ticketed, and forced on the attention by signboards and handbills. Here is the path to “the beautiful scenery” (admission so much); there “the Romantic Rocks” (again a fee); there the ferry to “the Lovers’ Walk,” a charming path by the river-side, overshadowed by trees, and so on.