Thirty-five years ago, "^ESFmantiermere was so secluded 

 that it was some distinction even for a travelled man to have 

 seen it. Now there is a Windermere Railway Station, and 

 a Windermere Post-office and Hotel, — a thriving "yiTiUage of 

 ~\3^inti£rmetc, with good inns, and many excellent Lodging- 

 houses. The village occupies a commanding yet sheltered 

 position, 300 feet above lake-level, on the western slope of 

 Orrest Head, — well raised above the damp and mist that 

 often overhang the lake; hence the climate is salubrious. 

 The natural advantages, coupled with the possession of that 

 most important of modem indispensables, — a ^first-class' 

 railway station, with coaches starting therefrom to all parts 

 of the district, have induced many families to settle here. 



