PREFACE. i* 



form themfelves, and to paint nature fimply 

 as I found her. The tourift, who is de- 

 firous of forming reflections for himfelf, 

 will, I doubt not, at all events thank me 

 for my intentions in this refpecl. I mail 

 ever remember, in a tour that I made fome 

 years ago to the Lakes of the north of 

 England, how much I found myfelf deceived 

 and difappointed, by the turgid and high- 

 flown defcriptions which fill almoft every 

 page of Mr. Weft's Guide through that 

 country -> a book, in other refpedts certainly 

 of merit. This circumftance alone led me 

 to a determination, if poffible, to avoid that 

 error. When the fcenery exceeds the de- 

 fcription, it will be viewed with pleafure ; 

 but when it falls mort of it, no one but a 

 traveller can tell the difappointment that is 

 felt. 



As the prefent work was intended chiefly 

 for the ufe of the touriil, I judged alfo 

 that I mould be rendering myfelf of more 



fervice, 



