mile and a-half. On the way we pass the College on the right ; 

 then Fairhaven, and, a little further on, the neat grounds 

 and villa of Ellerthwaite. A mile further, we come to the 

 Baths ; then, on the same side, is the entrance to the Craig, 

 and the villa on the right is Craig Foot. Below this, the 

 houses begin to thicken. Among them, a road to the left 

 leads to one of the most charming points of view in the 

 neighbourhood, — a hill named ^iscag ^BJobJ, crested with 

 rock, which aifords almost as fine a station as the summit of 

 Orrest Head for a view of the lake and its shores. As you 

 pass, there is probably a cluster of happy excursionists to be 



1% seen pic-nicing about the summit, after a truly rustic fashion. 

 The main-road, between the two villages, should be 

 avoided by pedestrians in dry weather, — the omnibus traffic 

 creating a most disagreeable amount of dust. Better far 

 spend five minutes more by taking the path towards the lake 

 (p. 13) by St. Mary's Church, and complete this delightful 



^^ walk by Rayrigg and Fallbarrow. 



BOWNESS 

 Is the port of Windermere : and a bustling little port it is ; 

 for there the steamboats put up, and thence go forth the 

 large number of fishing and pleasure boats by which the 

 lake is adorned. The lower parts of the village, near the 

 water, are somewhat hot and steaming in summer : especially 

 since the building of a new lodging-house in a space near 

 the church, once called the lungs of Bowness. The great 

 inns, however, are in airy situations ; the garden platform 

 of the Royal Hotel (so called since the visit of Queen 

 Adelaide in 1840), overlooks grounds that slope down to 

 the shore ; the Crown is on a hill which commands the 

 whole place ; and the gardens of the * Old England ' are by 



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