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heart reminding me of some former hints of 

 yours, on the impropriety of elderly gentlemen 

 attempting the ascent of mountains and its 

 danger, I wished to have some exact evidence 

 in my own case, and therefore I counted my 

 pulse. To my surprise and almost alarm I 

 found it exceedingly quick. However, now we 

 have rested awhile in the cool air, I am so 

 refreshed and easy in my feelings that we will 

 attempt, if you please, the hill above, for the 

 sake of the prospect, which I have no doubt 

 must be glorious. 



PISCATOK. Would -that we were a few years 

 younger, I will not say how many, then I 

 should have no objection to the higher ascent, 

 to climb the hill rising above us ; I would even 

 propose the ascent of the Langdale Pikes within 

 two miles of where we are, or the mighty Scaw- 

 fell not far distant, where, as the poet sings, you 

 may be 



" Awed, delighted, and amazed." 



But the time is past, not for the enj oym ent in 

 our case of the sublime pleasure, but for the 

 attaining it without experiencing a degree of 

 fatigue that would mar the pleasure and with- 



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