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roofed cottages, and humble church; which receive a double beauty from the unadorned and misty mountains, that rushing to heaven nearly incircle them in their awful bosom. I lere an admirable inn offered some substantial entertainment, after one of the richest feasts of eye and fancy that we had as yet experienced.

Our return was confined to the .same road which had carried us to Patterdale, there being none on the opposite side of the lake; but as we had this expanse of water under new combination-;, fresh objects of admiration continual!}" arose as we re- traced our steps. Liulph's tower, amongst others which had been hidden from us as we went to Patterdale, opened upon us as we returned; a. castellated triangular building, of odd taste, and much inconvenience, built about twenty years ago, bur rendered the scene of convivi; social pleasantry by the hose:, di noble owner, who lives her..' for a ie v the summer season, surrounded by a k xa i friends, in all the rude magnifies . ' - '

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