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A landlord at this present Swan was in difficulties ; and 

 had occasion to study the law of bankruptcy, cautiously 

 making observations how the * process ' operated in other 

 cases. At length his scheme was complete, — he judged by 

 previous examples that a satisfactory result might be realized 

 by what is called * going through the court' He now called 

 in a reliable friend to a private conference, and solemnly 

 communicated what he intended to do : — ^ Al tell the what,' 

 says he, * as gane teh Cook it [do as Cook did] : * as gane 

 teh pay seben-en-six-pence it' pund, en weear a white wesket 

 en a gold chain.' 



II. Another favourite walk is up the side of ]I^ab ^cat, 

 further north than the descent from the Roman road, which 

 is described in the Walks from Ambleside. The path may be 

 seen from below, and traced to a considerable height, winding 

 among rocks and trees. 



III. There are also some charming walks about j^tlbet 

 3Bi;obJ and the western side of the lake. The finest of these 

 is found by following the ridge from Easedale Tarn, instead 

 of descending by the regular path. There is no difficulty 

 about finding the way, as the lake is in sight the whole time. 



IV. ^Bielm ^rau should be ascended if the stranger has 

 leisure for a climb. The view from the top is fine, though 

 not so commanding as from higher summits. The Grasmere 

 lake and valley, the Easedale valley, and the surrounding 

 heights, seen from the Crag, are well worth some exertion ; 

 but the chief interest of the expedition is in the remarkable 

 structure of the summit. The traveller will find something 

 very like a small crater there, and in it are caverns that will 

 hold seven or eight persons. There are hollows from these 



