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especially when autumn has gilded the leaves of the trees, 

 and it stands out with its evergreen ivy against the massive 

 crags behind with their covering of newly-fallen snow. The 

 old yew in the churchyard is worth visiting for the sake of 

 the view down the tarn, and the inscription on the marble 

 slab in the church cannot fail to interest the visitor. It 

 is very curious to stand by the yew on a bright moonlit 

 night, and see the hills and trees tower above the thick fog 

 in the marshy meadows below, and easy to imagine the long 

 vanished lake restored. We are transported back to the 

 time when young Gilpin, hearing a monk (whom he had the 

 night before seen drunk) discourse against intemperance, 

 seriously set his face against the Romish clergy and com- 

 menced that fight which, but for the death of Mary, would 

 most likely have ended at the stake. We are glad to say 

 that the Valley of Kentmere now enjoys a most enviable and 

 exceptional reputation for sobriety ; perhaps, a trace of the 

 work of this great divine. 



1 The ©colonist will find much to interest him in the boul- 

 ders scattered over the low hills behind the church, near Rook 

 House, and in the junction of the limestone, slate, and flags, 

 by the waterfall at a little distance behind the Inn. This 

 waterfall is of no great height, but it deserves a visit from 

 all lovers of scenery, on account of its beautiful surrounding 

 woods, which afford a delightful shelter to the tired traveller, 

 who will, possibly, refresh himself with a dip in the clear 

 pool at the foot of the fall while, the everlasting ' ham and 



8K eggs ' are being prepared at the Inn. Strengthened with 

 these, we resume our journey for Mardale, and may take 

 either side of the valley we prefer at starting. If we choose 

 the west, we turn to the right, just before reaching the church, 

 and pass below the vicarage and above Rook House. The 

 road soon descends again into the alluvial valley and runs . 



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