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as is shown by the inscription which has come down from 

 the olden time, engraved on a flagstone : — 



* May God Almighty grant His aid 

 To Keswick and its woollen trade. ' 



The hamlet of Swinside is next reached ; then Portinscale, 

 with its two hotels ; and finally @'tO0t|)b3aite ©})Urc]^, 

 which well deserves a visit for other reasons than containing 

 the recumbent statue to Southey. It is very old, part of it 

 dating back to the 13th century. In one of the windows is 

 preserved some stained glass from Furness Abbey, repre- 

 senting St. Anthony with bell and book. There is also a 

 tomb of the time of Edward III., with a very perfect monu- 

 mental brass ; and an old font, curiously carved with em- 

 blematic designs. 



But, if we are guiding a walker, or a party in a private 

 carriage, we recommend another way home as better than 

 that by the Vale of Newlands, — by Crummock Water, 

 Scale Hill, and Lorton Fells, which is about five miles further 

 than the former. The drive along ©"rummock ~^M'diitx is 

 one of the most charming we know ; especially where the road 

 forms a terrace, overhanging the clear waters, sweeping 

 round Rannerdale Knot. Nowhere else are the mountains 

 so scarred with weather-marks, or so diversified in colouring 

 from new rents in the soil. Long sweeps of orange and 

 grey stones descend to Crummock Water ; and above, there 

 are large hollows, like craters, filled now with deep blue 

 shadows, and now with tumbling white mists, above which 



