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estingscenery. Grasmere, by many esteemed 
the most beautiful of the lakes, forms a very 
important part of it, but as I have already 
trespassed upon the time of the Society, I 
will not, at present, trouble you with the 
remainder of the remarks which were made 
to preserve the recollection of this delightful 
excursion. 
I cannot however conclude without observ- 
ing, that, during our ramble among the lakes, 
we had frequent occasion to apply to the 
lower orders of the inhabitants as guides and 
assistants in our sports ; and that we were in- 
variably pleased with their attention and civi- 
lity, and especially with their very reasonable 
expectations. Considering their encreased 
intercourse with strangers, their habits ap- 
peared much less contaminated than one 
might have expected ; and if they do not in 
their manners exactly come up to that pas- 
toral simplicity and purity, which one would 
fain attach to such a country, they are cer- 
tainly very free from the vices, and any thing 
like the rudeness and incivility, of some of our 
manufacturing districts. 
