COLLOQUY III. 



Santon Bridge, Cumberland. The River Irt. 

 Evening Fishing. Varied Discussion. 



AMICUS. 



OW pleasant has been our morning 

 ride from your mountain home, 

 under Fairfield and Scandale Pike, 

 through the pastoral valleys of Lang- 

 dale and Eskdale, and over the wild bounding 

 hills with those singular names of Wry-nose 

 and Hard-knott. I hardly know of what I saw 

 which pleased me most, there was such an 

 accordance and harmony throughout ; the neat 

 and substantial farm-house of stone, in its 

 sheltered site, with its ornamental trees, the 

 dark yew, the umbrageous sycamore, or stately 

 fir, or graceful birch ; the meadows, whether 

 lying low, or on the hill sides, so well enclosed 

 and cared for, with their beautiful pastures, won 



