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island hereabout. It changes its locality but no doubt it still 

 exists. 



The lower part of Coniston Water is said to be tame. 

 James Payn says, in his own facetious manner, that * like 

 most of her sisters she is plain about the feet,' and indeed 

 many of the most faithful admirers of the lake have ceased to 

 dispute this, which is a generally acknowledged fact. There 

 is now a very comfortable little inn on the Blawith side of 

 the Waterfoot, where you may get every refreshment which 

 a man can reasonably desire. It stands among scenery 

 highly picturesque, consisting of successive but irregular and 

 precipitous ranges of grey rock, — in some parts bare and in 

 others clad with a heavy drapery of glittering ivy, — separated 

 by intervals of purple heath, or green brackens and greener 

 pasturage. 



The trip, down and up the lake, occupies about two hours. 

 Although the Gondola is advertized to sail only twice a-day, 

 arrangements may be made for special excursions at exceed- 

 ingly moderate terms. 



CIRCUIT OF CONISTON WATER. 

 (14 miles). 



The traveller must begin with the western side, as by so 



: doing he will face the finest views on his return. A little 



more than a mile from Coniston he will notice the divergence 



on the left to Coniston Hall. The road turns from the lake 



2^ till it reaches ^oxbzXy and then follows Torver Beck to the 



4 shore again. At the lower end of the lake, the river Crake 



6% is crossed by a bridge, at a village called Wateryeat. The 



traveller then takes the turn to the north and sees the whole 



length of the lake before him, enclosed at a distance of six 



