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landers tell, Sir Eustace and his brother Hubert 

 rode forth together to the Holy Wars ; and Sir 

 Eustace blew the horn, saying to his brother, " If 

 I fall in Palestine, do thou return and blow this 

 horn, and take possession ; that Egremont may not 

 be without a Lacy for its Lord." In Palestine, 

 ambition of this lordship so took possession of 

 Hubert, that he hired ruffians to drown his brother 

 in the Jordan : and the ruffians assured him that 

 the deed was done. He returned home, and stole 

 into the castle by night, — not daring- to sound the 

 horn. But he soon plucked up spirit, and drowned 

 his remorse in revels. In the midst of a banquet 

 one day, the horn was heard, sounding such a blast 

 that the echoes came back from the fells, after 

 startling the red deer from his covert, and the wild 

 boar from his drinking at the tarn. Hubert knew 

 that none but Eustace could or would sound the 

 horn : and he fled by a postern while his brother 

 Eustace entered by the gate. Long after, the 

 wretched Hubert came to ask forgiveness from his 

 brother ; and having obtained it, retired to a con- 

 vent, where he practised penance till he died. The 

 ruins of this castle stand on an eminence to the 

 west of the town. 



Before descending to Ennerdale Bridge, the out- 

 line of the Scotch mountains may be sometimes 

 seen. Few travellers see more of this 

 lake than in passing; but it deserves 

 more attention than is generally bestowed upon it. 

 The lake is exceedingly wild, though it has not the 

 solemnity of Wast Water. The enclosure of the 

 waters by bare mountains is very fine. The lake 

 is two and a half miles in length and half a mile 



