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where there is woodland, here not scant, from 

 the expanding buds of the common trees. Then, 

 too, the meadows had not the animation which 

 they at present possess in the young lambs, now 

 racing and sporting in all the glee of a happy 

 existence, the very emblems of such an ex- 

 istence. 



AMICUS. Whilst we are putting together our 

 rods, tell me, if you please, the names of these 

 hills, the principal features of what I am ad- 

 miring. 



PISCATOK. The blue mountain rising grandly 

 in the distance, immediately before us, is 

 Saddleback; that steep hill close by, rising 

 abruptly from the river, clad with larches, 

 is Naddle Fell ; the rocky height opposite is 

 Walter Crag or Fell, which in its castellated 

 form is best seen from a point lower down in 

 the valley. It is this crag, remember, of which 

 I made mention before, as the scene of romance, 

 figuring mysteriously in the " Bridal of Trier- 

 maine." The hill behind us covered with mixed 

 wood is Greenhow. Now, let us part : you pro- 

 ceed, and I will follow. Wait for me where the 

 river changes its character, there where its rapids 

 commence. We shall need some refreshment, 



