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miles by the rising grounds and woods of Mr. Marshall's 

 estate, — the eminences themselves forming a lovely screen to 

 the skirts of the mountains which tower behind. Wordsworth 

 exhorted strangers to enter the district by this approach, as one 

 of the very finest. He said, ' The stranger, from the moment 

 he puts his foot upon Lancaster sands, seems to leave the tur- 

 moil and traffic of the world behind him : and, crossing the 

 majestic plain when the sea has retired, he beholds, rising 

 apparently from its base, the cluster of mountains among 

 which he is going to wander ; and towards whose recesses, 

 by the vale of Coniston, he is gradually and peacefully led.' 

 The road ascends and descends along the whole distance, — 

 the hills becoming higher and steeper as the plain is left 

 behind. The old village of ^Ei ibtfjbjatte is first passed, 

 and the well-wooded grounds of "^S^STaterpark, Then 

 appear the islands, the ©rttitron and ^ir IslantJ, near 

 the eastern shore ; and next, ^tantiooolJ, where the artist 

 did not need to look beyond his own grounds for wild 

 flowers to suggest arabesques, and where views of exceed- 

 ding splendour and beauty are commanded, in all lights, 

 without passing the gate. It is the very home for artist or 

 poet, with its craggy heights behind, its luxuriant woods 

 around, and the vale of water below, enclosed with mountains 

 of which the Old Man is the crown. A seat in these grounds 

 is named after Wordsworth, from the fact of his recom- 

 mending it as the best point of view for Coniston. Others 

 prefer the view from above Coniston Bank, a mile further 

 on. It is, however, best from a field, the last before reaching 

 the new house on Oronfeton ^ank Some people think this 

 the finest view in the whole district. And truly, the frequent 

 visitor pronounces it more beautiful every time he comes ; 

 and the passing tourist feels that, though only once seen, it 

 can never be forgotten. Nowhere else, perhaps, is the 



