4^ Excursion from ^5^5? intJcrtnere, 



A turn to the right conducts to Force Forge, another 

 bobbin and hoop manufactory; and, a Httle further on, a 

 finger-post points the way by Satterthwaite and Grizedale to 

 Hawkshead, which is the most frequented road ; the other is 

 straight on past Force Mill, and so by bosky dells and snugly- 

 sheltered spots, till we enter, at the bridge, the narrow valley 

 of Dale Park. The road here again gives evidence of ex- 

 tensive blomaries. 



In the latter part of the 13th century, the abbot of Fur- 

 ness obtained license to increase the number of customary 

 tenants, and to enclose tracts of land : these enclosures are 

 known by the name of Parks, as Abbot's Park, Stott Park, 

 Oxen Park, Dale Park, &c. 



In the excursion round Esthwaite Water, we have drawn 

 attention to the extensive views which open out as the hill is 

 gained after quitting Dale Park, Returning to the Ferry 

 again by the foot of Esthwaite, a round of seventeen miles 

 will have been accompHshed. It will add between two or 

 three miles, if we go round by the head of the lake. 



FURNESS ABBEY. 

 (53 miles there and back : 19 by road and 34 by railway.) 



There is choice of routes, — the most favourite one being 

 southward on Winandermere to Lake Side Station, and 

 thence by the new line of rails to the Abbey. Another 

 way is to cross the lake at the Ferry and go by road to 

 Coniston, from whence there is a railway to the ruins ; but 

 this is more frequently the return route of those who go via 

 Newby Bridge. 



Undoubtedly, the steamer is the usual conveyance to Lake 



