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more arable land at one view, than we often 
meet with on the banks of the Eden. 
Our first introduction to the lakes was at 
Pooley Bridge, the lower end of Ulswater. 
The Ewont, which runs from the lake under 
this bridge, was literally alive with trout, and 
our impatience to begin our sport made us 
curtail some very beautiful walks near this 
station, 
There are some very healthy plantations on 
the borders of Ulswater, consisting of vari- 
eties of the fir, with larch, oak, beech, ches- 
nut, poplar and plane-tree ; and on the lower 
grounds, as) might be expected, the willow 
is preferred. Perhaps there is no tree to 
which our best sylvan scenery is more in- 
debted than to the beech. In the sheltered 
situations, which the country round the lakes 
so often furnishes, its fine hanging branches 
acquire a luxuriance, and at the same time a 
delicacy of foliage, whichis not surpassed by 
any other tree. 
The farming near Ulswater was not equal 
to what we had just seen ; but the farm-houses 
were in good order, and the cottages very 
neat and comfortable in their appearance. 
From the battlements of the bridge we 
had an opportunity of watching the trout feed, 
without disturbing them ; but the water was 
