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son has said, that Wilson reminded them of the first man, 

 Adam; so full was his large frame of vitality, force, and 

 sentience. His tread seemed to shake the ground, and his 

 glance to pierce through stone walls ; and, as for his voice, 

 there was no heart that could stand before it. In his hours 

 of emotion, he swept away all hearts, withersoever he would. 

 Not less striking was it to see him in a mood of repose, as 

 he was seen when steering the packet-boat that used to pass 

 between Bowness and Ambleside, before the steamers were 

 put upon the lake. Sitting motionless, with his hand upon 

 the tiller, in the presence of journey-men and market-women, 

 his eye apparently looking beyond everything into nothing, 

 and his mouth closed above his beard, as if he meant never 

 to speak again ; he was quite as impressive and immortal an 

 image as he could have been to the students of his moral 

 philosophy class, or the comrades of his jovial hours. He 

 was known, and with reverence and affection, beside the 

 trout stream and the mOantaln tarn, and amidst the deep 

 gloom of Elleray, where he could not bring himself to let a 

 sprig be lopped that his wife had loved. Every old boat- 

 man and young angler, every hoary shepherd and primitive 

 dame among the hills of the district, knew him and enjoyed 

 his presence. He made others happy by being intensely 

 happy himself, when his brighter moods were on him ; and, 

 when he was mournful, no one desired to be gay. He has 

 gone with his joy and his grief; and the region is so much 

 darker in a thousand eyes. 



BISCAY HOW. 

 (Half-a-mile.) 



In order to get a bird's-eye view of Bowness and its sur- 

 roundings, an early visit should be made to Biscay How, 



