2o6 Excursion from 



his * Resolution and Independence ! ' They are appHed to 

 a fine day, but it is equally true of a fine hour in Lakeland. 



" There was a roaring in the wind all night '} 

 The rain came heavily, and fell in floods ; 



But now the sun is rising, calm and bright ; 

 The birds are singing in the distant woods ; 

 Over his own sweet voice the stock -dove broods ; 



The jay makes answer as the magpie chatters ; 



And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. 



All things that love the sun are out of doors ; 



The sky rejoices in the Morning's birth ; 

 The grass is bright with rain-drops ; — on the moors 



The hare is running races, in her mirth ; 



And, with her feet, she from the plashy earth, 

 Raises a mist, which, glittering in the sun, 

 Kuns with her all the way, wherever she doth run. " 



Who that knows the country, and especially the Lake 

 Country, will not bear witness to the fidelity of this descrip- 

 tion ? Its truth struck me more than ever as we rapidly 

 passed through the fresh, sweet smelling air, and amid the 

 songs of innumerable streams.' 



The travellers who wish thoroughly to explore the Valley 

 of ^abjeslrrater and X^Elarliak, will find it fully described 

 at page 68, and there also the exits to Longsleddale, Kent- 

 mere and Troutbeck are detailed. 



On the return journey, after Bampton, as we have to pass 

 through ,^sk]^am, only half a mile from ^dbitljer CTastle, 

 it seems a pity not to visit that splendid palace. The mansion 

 itself, huge enough for Royalty, with a court-yard large 

 enough for the review of an army, will repay a visit to all 

 lovers of painting and sculpture. All the year round it is 

 open to strangers six days a week, even though the family be 

 residing there ; and the hospitable lord is said to submit 

 to be driven from room to room, rather than debar the sight- 



