46 BIOGRAPHY. 



suggesting that they were flung into the moat, when the 

 house was ransacked for arms after the battle of Culloden. 

 He told me that he believed that if the lake were completely 

 drained, many more such articles would be recovered. 



The view on page 36 is taken from a spot on the northern 

 bank. At some hundreds of yards distance from the house 

 there are a couple of splendid sycamores, and close to them 

 is a large block of ironstone, called the Echo Stone. Any 

 one standing by it, and speaking towards the house, will 

 hear every syllable returned with wonderful clearness. 

 Sitting on this stone, I made the sketch from which this 

 illustration is taken. On it is engraved the word ECHO. 



On the western side of the gateway there had been a 

 curious old chapel formerly attached to the mansion. 

 Waterton, however, disliked it and took it down, against the 

 remonstrances of the then Duke of Norfolk, his godfather. 



The lake is widest near the house, and then proceeds 

 almost due west, narrowing as it goes, and taking a turn 

 northwards towards the end, where it passes round a hill, 

 and becomes shallower, allowing the sedges and reeds to 

 appear, and so affording shelter for the aquatic birds. 



Another view of the lake is now given, looking west- 

 ward, and taken from the right-hand first-floor window 

 of the house as seen on page 36. 



On the ground-floor may be seen a large window, flanked 

 by a smaller one on either side. These are the west 

 windows of the drawing-room. The central window is a 

 large sheet of plate glass, and behind it is mounted a large 

 telescope, commanding nearly the whole of the lake. 



On the left, before coming to the wood, are a few 

 willows, and between them and the wood is a favourite 

 resort of the herons. The low bank looks as if it would 

 be endangered by the water, but it is perfectly firm, even 

 to the very edge. It is made of large stones, not squared, 



