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charming old-fashioned house ; and its position has 

 every advantage, except that it stands too low. 

 On the high wall by the road side, immediately 

 before reaching the gate of Rayrigg, the stranger 

 will be struck with the variety of ferns. That wall 

 is an excellent introduction to the stone fences of 

 the region, richly adorned as many of them are 

 with mosses and ferns. The flagstaff, on an emi- 

 nence overlooking the lake just before reaching 

 Miller Ground Farm, was erected to commemorate 

 the visit of Queen Adelaide to the spot. 



Passing between woods resounding with brawling 

 streams, the road leads up a rather steep ascent, 

 the summit of which is called Miller 

 Brow.* llerrce is seen what, in our 

 opinion, is a view unsurpassed for beauty in the 

 whole Lake District. The entire lake lies below, 

 the white houses of Clappersgate being distinctly 

 visible at the north end, and the Beacon at the 

 south : and the diversity of the framework of this 

 sheet of water is here most striking. The Cal- 

 garth woods — for which we are indebted to 

 Bishop Watson — rising and falling, spreading and 

 contracting below, with green undulating mea- 

 dows interposed, arc a perfect treat to the eye; and 

 so are the islands clustering in the centre of the 

 lake. Wray Castle stands forth well above the 

 promontory opposite ; at the head, the Langdale 

 Pikes, and their surrounding mountains, seem, in 

 some states of the atmosphere, to approach and 

 overshadow the waters; and in others to retire 



* Just before ascending Miller Brow, a gate on the right leads 

 by a near cut to Windermere Village, — the same path noticed at 

 p. 7, commencing near the church. 



