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or char, which are good everywhere ; especially to 

 hungry travellers, sitting at table within sight of 

 the waters whence they have just been fished. 

 Potted char is sent, as every epicure knows, to all 

 parts of the world, where men know what is good. 

 As for the trout, there can be none finer than that 

 of Windermere. 



Those who find themselves at the Ferry House 

 with time and daylight before them can do nothing 

 better than pursue the road which there turns 

 northwards, sometimes rising into the woods and 

 sometimes skirting the lake. The woods abound in 

 splendid ferns, rare orchises, and rich and various 

 wild flowers. When the road turns down to the 

 beach the whole scenery of the opposite side, and 

 of the head of the lake, is spread out to view. At 

 the distance of three miles, the road passes the gate 

 of Wray Castle,* and continues, round Pullwyke 

 Bay, to Clappersgate and Ambleside. 



If they make this circuit, signs of a good work 

 will meet their eyes. Two large proprietors in 

 the neighbourhood are draining the 

 land extensively, and thus preparing a 

 healthy soil and atmosphere for a generation of 

 residents yet to come. The unhealthiiu ss o" many 

 settlements is no less a shame than a curse, for the 

 fault is in Man, not in Nature. Nature has fully 

 done her part in providing rock for foundations, the 



* This road may be reached by a lane from near Hawkshead, 

 The turn to the left should be taken at the old farmhouse, and 

 then any one of the roads diverging to the i i ht. The t aveller 

 will then have the three miles of beautiful scenery here d siril cd 

 between the Wray and the Ferry. But this course is not rec m- 

 memled unless the shortness of his sojourn prevents his 4 making 

 the circuit of the lake. 



