..^tnblesitie is a pretty picturesque town, (of some 1500 

 inhabitants,) seated at the head of Winandermere, in a soft 

 green valley with the grim mountain tops looking down upon 

 it from their stations in the sky. The remains of a ^Biotnan 

 ^amp near the lake testify to its antiquity, while its name 

 — said to be a corruption of Amabilis situs — still bears the 

 impress of our former conquerors. The town has lost 

 much of its former quaintness within the last few years, for 

 the old houses are fast giving place to modern structures, 

 w^hich, though doubtless more useful, are less picturesque. 

 The new ^^utclj, so conspicuous from all parts, is more of 



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