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curiously enough, adopted the discarded sign of "The Cock." 

 Whether the inhabitants of the town were partial to the new land- 

 lord or the old sign is uncertain, but before very long the new inn 

 received more than its due share of custom. The landlord of 

 " The Bishop," thinking that the loss of business he had sustained 

 might be owing to the habit customers had formed of going to the 

 sign of " The Cock," set his wits to work to rectify the mistake. 

 He was quite equal to the occasion. A new board was procured 

 and placed immediately below the portrait of the bishop. It 

 contained the following inscription — " This is the Old Cock." 



Mr. Budworth, the author of "A Fortnight's Ramble to the 

 Lakes," (a book which was published in 1792,) gives an interesting 

 account of the places he visited and the inns he patronised during 

 his peregrinations through the district. His head-quarters in the 

 Windermere district was " The Salutation," Ambleside, at that 

 time kept by a landlord named Wilcox, — a place at which the 

 author says he always felt himself at home. The number of 

 tourists visiting Ambleside in those days must have been small. 

 The " Rambler," as our author frequently calls himself, speaks of 

 Bob Partridge as being guide, boots, postillion, and boatman at 

 " The Salutation," the head inn of the town. Under the guidance 

 of Bob he made several excursions to different places of interest 

 in the neighbourhood, and always speaks of him in the highest 

 terms. A visit to the "Red Lion," Grasmere, is worthy of mention. 

 It was kept at the time by Robert Newton. From that inn the 

 "Rambler" ascends Helm Crag, and then returns to dinner and 

 notes the particulars of what that meal consisted. Roast pike 

 stuffed, a boiled fowl, veal cutlets and ham, beans and bacon, 

 cabbage, pease and potatoes, anchovy sauce, parsley and butter, 

 plain butter, butter and cheese, wheat bread, and oat cake, three 

 cups of preserved gooseberries, with a bowl of rich cream in the 

 centre. This was a wonderful spread for two people ; and the 

 landlord of the "Red Lion" does not appear to have been in any 

 hurry to become rich, his charge for the two meals being tenpence 

 each. The " Cherry Tree," formerly an inn in Wythbum, but now 

 no longer licensed, was also visited by Mr. Budworth and his 



