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and his apprentice. These carpets are worked in frames, in the manner of tambour, and their sur- face afterwards sheared. Nothing can exceed the beauty of their patterns, the brightness of their co- lours, and the strength of their texture; but these advantages are well paid for, since the cost of one only sixteen feet wide and twenty-four feet long, if sold, would be 350 guineas. Mr. Bloom was then employed about one worth ijool.

Lowther-Hall, the seat of the Earl of Lonsdale, is seen to the left of the road, which, passing through the park, drops down a steep hill into a deep and most picturesque valley, through whose dark bot- tom the river of Lowther leads his shaded waters, whilst the opposite bank rises abruptly in front, crowned with the old turrettcd mansion called Ascham-Hall. Having ascended the height, we presently found ourselves in Ascham, and taking a road to the left in the centre of the town, passed through the villages of 1 lenton,Bamton,and Hawes- water- all lying in a broad valley, surrounded on every side by heathy mountains; a naked scene, as far as respected its natural features, that agree- ably contrasted with the more luxuriant banks ol Haweswater lake, to which we now approached. (dose by the western margin of this sheet oi li- quid crystal the road pursues its w;i\ through <>..

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