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window even now looks out upon the old coach-road. His host's name 

 was Youngbusband, and Jonathan was wont to relate, as showing the 

 difference in the cost of living between then and now, how he paid what 

 was considered very handsome for his board, viz. — one shilling a day ; 

 and when he remarked to Mr. Younghusband that he ought to throw the 

 Sundays in, his host replied, " No, no, man ; we boil the pot on 

 Sundays ! " 



Mr. Crosthwaite has supplied me with a copy of a memorandum in 

 Otley's hand-writing, showing his board and lodging expenses for a 

 period of sixty-one years and one week, as follows : — 



[Memo, in Mr. Jonathan Otley's Hand-writing, copied by J. F. Crosthwaite], 

 BOARD AND LODGINGS. Quarto Ledger, p. 6. 



Oct. 8, 1791 ) At Mr. Dawson's, Brow Top, 5^ years at 4/8 and 



to 1797 ) 5/- per week 



To 1807 At John Robson's, 10 years at 6/- & 7/- per week 



rp ,oon ) At Sarah Clark's, Board only, at 8/4, 9/-, and 10/- 



^°1^^^ I per week 



To 1842 At Mrs. Richardson's, 3 years at 10/- per week ... 



To Oct. 18, ) At Richard Burgess', 10 years and 10 weeks at 

 1852 \ 10/- per week 



Total : 61 years, 1 week £1325 



Rent op Room. — {Paid to Geo. Rookin and the Rev. John Todd.) 



1797 to 1826, 29 years, at £2/2, £2/5, and £2/10 £70 



To 1853, 27 years, at £3/10 94 10 



Total : 56 years £164 10 



Otley lived at Brow Top for five-and-a-half years, and then removed 

 into the town, where he commenced business as a watchmaker, and was 

 for a long time the only one in the neighbourhood. 



Jonathan is now in his humble lodging in Keswick, called "Jonathan 

 Otley's, up the steps," watch-mending, making his observations on lake 

 and mountain-side, and year after year becoming more sought after for 

 his practical guidance and fund of local information by such eminent 

 men as Airy, Dalton, and Sedgwick. Mr. Crosthwaite supplies me with 



