12 WINDERMERE LAKE. 



reclines, waiting for the cool of the afternoon. 

 Turning to the north, the highest peaks are not 

 seen from this strand; but Fairfield and Lough- 

 rigg close in the head of the lake. 



Turning southwards along the margin, and 

 walking about a mile, the explorer reaches the 

 • point of the promontory, Ferry Nab, which 

 stretches out opposite the Ferry house, — itself 

 on the point of an opposite promontory. There 

 can hardly be a more charming resting-place than 

 a seat under the last trees of this projection. It 

 is breezy here; and the waters smack the shore 

 cheerily. The Troutbeck hills come into view, and 

 the head of the lake is grander. The round house 

 on Curwen's Island* is seen among the trees. The 

 Ferry house, under its canopy of tall sycamores, 

 and with its pebbly beach, is immediately opposite ; 

 and behind it rises the wooded bank which is, in 

 light or shadow, one of the chief graces of the 

 scene. If the sun shines upon it, it is feathered 

 with foliage to the very ridge, and the bay be- 

 neath it is blue and lustrous. If the sun has gone 

 down behind it, the bay is black ; and every dip- 

 ping bird sprinkles it with silver; and the wild 

 duck that comes sailing out with her brood, draws 

 behind her a pencil of white light. 



From this point, a view opens to the south. 



In the expanse of waters is another island; and 



D ^»oe further down, on the eastern shore, a 



pier extends with a little tower at the 



end. This is Storrs : and at that pier did the 



* The shady and well-kept walk round Curwen's Island is 

 well worth a visit. Any of the hotel-keepers at Bowness will 

 furnish the stranger with a ticket. 



