 At the end of the century, the onset of the Napoleonic Wars meant that trips to France, Italy and Greece could no longer be made; the search for Romantic scenery had to be confined to other, more local, areas, and the English Lake District fitted the bill perfectly.Two (relatively) local clergymen who helped to promote a more receptive view of mountains and lakes were Dr. John Dalton of Dean (not to be confused with the scientist John Dalton of Eaglesfield) ("A descriptive poem addressed to two young ladies at their return from viewing the mines near Whitehaven", 1755) and Dr. John Brown of Wigton ("Description of the Lake and Vale of Keswick", 1767).The former spoke of