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Side Station, at the foot of the lake, but, as we have des- 

 cribed the lake, we will conduct the traveller by the road to 

 ^H^ebibg ^titJge, which passes the grounds of Storrs, and, 

 over hill and dale, winds among the copses till it crosses the 

 bridge opposite the inn. The copses of the district have, 

 to the remotest date, been valuable for charcoal ; and they 

 have become more so since the increase of manufactures has 

 stimulated the demand for bobbins. ^f)axtOd,hhnxninQ 

 goes on still, we believe, with activity in these southern parts 

 of the district. The spot the traveller has just passed was 

 the scene of the life of two brothers whose name and fame 

 will not be let die. Their name was Dodgson ; and they 

 lived in Cartmel Fell above a century ago. They were so 

 intent on their wood-cutting that they spent Sunday in cook- 

 ing their food for the whole week. They ate little but oat- 

 meal porridge, and, when that fell short, they tried Friar 

 Tuck's ostensible diet of dried peas and hard beans. As 

 they grew old, they began to feel the need of domestic help. 

 Said one to the other, * thoo men oot en tak thisell a wife.' — 

 'Eigh!' was the reply; 'if thar be a hard job, thoo oless 

 sets yan tult' The thing was accomplished, however ; and 

 when the old fellows were still chopping away at upwards of 

 eighty, rain or fine, ill or well, there was the wife in the dwell- 

 ing, and the children to help. The brothers left considerable 

 property ; but it went the way of miser's money ; and there 

 are no Dodgsons now in Cartmel Fell. 



There are few objects more picturesque to this day, than 

 the huts of the woodcutters, who remain on a certain spot 

 till the work is done. Upon piled stems of trees heather is 

 heaped to make a shaggy thatch ; and, when the smoke is 

 oozing out, thin and blue, from a hole in the centre, or the 

 children are about the fire in front, where the great pot is 

 boiling, the sketcher cannot but stop and dash down the 



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