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affords some ground for the truth of the tradition. It may 

 be as well to observe here, as so many mistakes have been 

 made on the subject, that the remains of the unfortunate 

 Gough, who perished on Helvellyn, are not interred in this 

 churchyard, but in the ground belonging to a Quaker's 

 Meeting-house near the foot of the lake, he being a member 

 of the society of Friends. There is, however, in the church- 

 yard, a remarkably fine old yew tree which attracts the no- 

 tice of all visitors. 



SURVEY OF THE LAKE. 



(The track of the steamer is about 15 miles, and the trip, out and home, 



occupies two hours and a-half. Coaches for Penrith meet the boat at 



Pooley Bridge landing.) 



There can be no question but that Ullswater should be 

 approached from Pooley Bridge, as all its beauties are con- 

 centrated at the head; but travellers who have not been 

 fortunate enough to come by this route, should go by the 

 steamer which makes the tour of the lake two or three times 

 a-day, and which starts from the pier close to the Hotel. 



* Suppose, therefore, that we are starting from the head of 

 the lake, the real grandeurs of which we are at present much 

 too near to see : Glenridding Dod, and a few small moun- 

 tains hem us in to westward; whereas, behind, and close 

 by, tower the highest peaks that cleave the English skies, 

 ^lace Jell alone, sheer from the lake's breast, guards 

 the eastern side till he gives place to his more sullen brother, 

 Birk Fell ; then, Long Crag, and wood-fringed Hallen Fell, 

 round which we glide into the little bay of ^JfetointoiDn, upon 

 whose sequestered shores is an hotel. On the right-hand 

 gleams a milky waterfall. Scale Force (there are about six 

 waterfalls in the district bearing this name) ; and, on the 



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