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rarely be able to effect his purpose. This 

 difficulty acts as a conservative principle ; and 

 reflecting on the natural beauty of spots like 

 this, and that wealth and taste are not neces- 

 sarily united, I am not sure that the country 

 would benefit much by its removal. 



AMICUS. Descending the hill, I infer we are 

 again in Langdale. I see a village, and beyond 

 it another. 



PISCATOR. We are now entering that part of 

 the valley which bears the name of Great 

 Langdale; the lower portion belongs to Skel- 

 with. That village to which you point is 

 Elterwater, and that beyond is the village of 

 Great Langdale, marked by its church. What 

 think you is the solitary building from which 

 that column of smoke ascends? But why 

 should I ask ; you can hardly conjecture. It 

 is a powder mill, and not far off is a bobbin 

 mill ; and yonder is a slate quarry. The cop- 

 pices around supply wood to the two first, 

 wood fit for making bobbins and charcoal ; .and 

 the native rock is of a quality yielding to the 

 skilled workman roofing slate. So these ma- 

 nufactures, if I may so call them, are not here 

 incongruous, they are, as it were, natural, 

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