A complete guide to the English lakes, (1855) (14781404281)

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Title: A complete guide to the English lakes,
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Windermere: : J. Garnett. London: : Whittaker and Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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d moss, seeingmore and more lakes and tarns every quarter of anhour. In the course of the day he sees ten. Winder-mere, and little Blelham Tarn beyond, he saw first.Ullswater was below him to the north when he dined ;and, presently after, a tempting path guided his eye toGrisedale Tarn, lying in the pass from Patterdale toGrasmere. Here are four. Next, comes G-rasmere,with Easedale Tarn above it, in its mountain hollow :then Eydal, of course, at his feet; and Elterwaterbeyond the western ridges ; and finally, to the south-west, Esthwaite Water and Coniston. There are theten. Eight of these may be seen at once from at leastone point — Nab Scar, whence he must take his lastcomplete survey ; for from hence he must plunge downthe steep slope, and bid farewell to all that lies behindthe ridge. The day has gone like an hour. The sun-shine is leaving the surface of the nearer lakes, and thepurple bloom of the evening is on the further moun-tains ; and the gushes of yellow light between the
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EETUEN. 65 western passes show that sunset is near. He musthasten down, — mindful of the opening between thefences, which he remarked from below, and which, if hefinds, he cannot lose his way. He does not seriouslylose his way, though crag and bog make him divergenow and then. Descending between the inclosures, hesits down once or twice, to relieve the fatigue to theancle and instep of so continuous a descent, and tolinger a little over the beauty of the evening scene. Ashe comes down into the basin where Eydal Beck makesits last gambols and leaps, before entering the park, heis sensible of the approach of night. Loughrigg seemsto rise : the hills seem to close him in, and the twilightto settle down. He comes to a gate, and finds himselfin the civilised world again. He descends the greenlane at the top of Eydal Mount, comes out just aboveWordsworths gate, finds his car at the bottom of thehill, — (the driver beginning to speculate on whetherany accident has befallen the gentleman