COLLOQUY VI. 

 Eskdale, and the River Esk. 



AMICUS. 



this bleak morning, with a cold 

 easterly wind, and leaden sky, we 

 have done well in taking the lower 

 road to the railway, which you say 

 passes about two miles and a half from Calder 

 Bridge at Sellafiel. 



PISCATOR. We shall not only avoid the fell 

 which ought to be crossed in fine weather, but 

 we shall, moreover, see another variety of coun- 

 try, and pass through Egremont, a place famed 

 in poetic story. 



AMICUS. What is the little village we have 

 just left behind us, bordering the river that 

 runs out of the lake ? 



PISCATOR. It is the village of Ennerdale, and 

 the river is the Ehen. I have been guilty of 



