It is a splendid view. The sun is high, and the fleecy clouds drift swiftly past, as we look on the busy scene around with interest. The merry click-click of the reaper is heard, and we watch its movements as it is drawn by one of those compact, sturdy little horses so common in the dales; men and women are moving along the distant fields, turning over the half made hay, while others are forming it into cocks. Owing mainly to the high altitude of Upper Teesdale, scarcely a grain of wheat, oats, or barley is grown  thus all the land is pasture or meadow. Commodious wooden sheds, with corrugated iron roofs, are universally used; for convenience, they are in many cases situated in the fields, away from the farmstead.