 Thomas Pennant, a natural historian and antiquary, was more interested in the mines of Whitehaven than the Lakes ("A Tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides", 1772); and Arthur Young more interested in the social and agricultural state of the area ("A Six-months' tour through the North of England" vol.2, 1770) than in the landscape.Towards the end of the 18th century, the prevailing attitude to mountain and lake scenery, as noted above, underwent a profound change.This was in large part due to the effects of upper-class British travellers returning from the Grand Tour.