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comrades of his jovial hours. Ha was known, 

 and with reverence and affection, beside the trout 

 stream and the mountain tarn, and amidst the 

 damp gloom of Elleray, where he could not bring 

 himself to let a tree or a sprig be lopped that his 

 wife had loved. Every old boatman and young 

 angler, every hoary shepherd and primitive dame 

 among the hills of the district, knew him and 

 enjoyed his presence. He made others happy by 

 being so intensely happy himself, when his brighter 

 moods were on him ; and when he was mournful, 

 no one desired to be gay. He is gone with his 

 joy and his grief; and the region is so much the 

 darker in a thousand eyes. 



There are various pleasant walks and drives 

 which may be taken from Bowness. Picturesque 

 paths through woods and fields, in almost every 

 direction, tempt the pedestrian to leave the main 

 roads. Bisket How (the view from which was 

 mentioned at p. 8.) may be ascended from several 

 points, and is well worth exploring. 



Whitbaeeow. — The collector of ferns must not fail to visit 

 Whitbarrow, a hill some five miles distant to the south. Several 

 rare varieties are to be found there. This excursion, however, is 

 not one of much general interest. 



Instead of returning to Windermere the way he 

 came, the stranger may make a moderate and 

 pleasant walk by leaving Bowness by 

 the lower or Ambleside road, and pro- 

 ceeding round by Cook's House. The 

 first noticeable abode that he will see is Bayrigg, 

 — a rather low, rambling, grey house, standing on 

 the grass near a little bay of the lake. It is a 



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