PEAK, (Derbyshire) severed by the Dove from Staffordshire, is a rocky, rough, mountainous and barren tract, on the W. side
of the Derwent, but rich in lead, iron, coal, and veins of antimony, and in vales that abound with black cattle and sheep.
Mill-stones and grind-stones are also dug here; and sometimes a kind of white fluor is found in the mines, which is, in
all respects, like crystal. The tops of its mountains seem to be as high above the clouds, as the clouds are above the
common hills.