234 EOB. WALKER AT SEATHWAITE. 



afterwards those of his family, were of his spin- 

 ning. He knit and mended his own stockings, 

 and made his own shoes [and tanned his own 

 leather]. In his walks, he never neglected 

 to gather the wool from the hedges and bring 

 it home. He was also the physician and 

 lawyer of the place ; he drew up all wills, con- 

 veyances, bonds, &c. ; wrote all letters, and 

 settled all accounts ; and frequently went to 

 market with sheep, wool, &c., for the farmers." 



AMICUS. Truly marvellous ! What next ? 



PISCATOE. The next step in his career was 

 his removal to Torver, on the banks of Coniston 

 Water. There he took priest's orders, and 

 presently after a wife, a respectable maid- 

 servant, whose affections he had gained at But- 

 termere ; and who brought him a fortune of 

 40/., which he forthwith invested in the funds. 

 This, his marriage, was preparatory to another 

 change, to the curacy of Seathwaite, his per- 

 manent residence; and where, as curate, he 

 officiated for sixty-seven years, commencing on 

 a stipend of 5/., gradually increased to 17/., 

 and from which no offer of emoluments could 

 tempt him to remove. He equally resisted 

 improving his income by accepting an addi- 



