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pocket-book, which identified him. His remains were interred in the Quaker’s 
burial ground, at Tirril, on Thursday last, he having been a member of that 
society till about two years ago, when he was excluded for joining a Volunteer 
corps.” 
The correspondent evidently did not know that it was the 18th 
of April when poor Gough was last seen or heard of in Patterdale ; 
but there is much of detailed knowledge in the account which 
must have been the result of some local enquiry. 
Three days after the publication of these papers, appeared the 
two following accounts in the Cumberland Pacquet under date 
July 30th, 1805 :— 
“©On Saturday the 20th ult., the dead body of a gentleman was found near 
Red Tarn Crag in Patterdale, in this county. 
“‘From the name being engraved on his gold watch, it is known to be the 
remains of a Mr. Charles Gough, a young man, supposed to belong to Man- 
chester, who had been some time before in that neighbourhood, for the 
amusement of fishing: and about five weeks before the discovery of the body 
(probably the day upon which he died), had dined at Mr. Dobson’s, a house of 
entertainment in Patterdale. 
**Red Tarn is situate near the high mountain, called Helvellyn; and 
whether the unfortunate man had fallen from one of the adjoining eminences, 
or by what other means he came by his death, cannot be known from the 
putrid and mangled state of the body, for, it appears that a small brown bitch, 
which accompanied him, had: pupped after the fatal event: which, together 
with her litter, was found near his remains, uncommonly fat! And the flesh 
of the latter was mostly consumed.” 
From another correspondent, we have the following account of 
this melancholy circumstance :— 
“On the 18th April, Mr. Gough was at Patterdale, on his road to Wyburn, 
a place he frequently visited in summer, for the amusement of fishing. 
After receiving some refreshment at the inn, he requested the asststance of a 
guide, to conduct him over the mountains; but, it being a general review day 
of the Volunteers in that neighbourhood, he could not procure one. He there- 
fore proceeded on his journey, without any other companion than a favourite 
spaniel, and had never been heard of since, till Saturday the 20th, when a 
shepherd’s boy passing near the fatal spot was attracted by the howling of the 
dog, who was still watching over his master. The boy immediately informed 
some of the-inhabitants of Patterdale of the circumstance, who hastened to the 
