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as you remarked, the few swallows which 

 were skimming in their rapid flight the lake, 

 have taken their departure, so, if agreeable to 

 you, we will follow their example, and land. 

 We have still time to explore Borrowdale, 

 and whilst the ponies we shall ride are getting 

 ready, for which we shall be indebted to a kind 

 friend of mine, the same whose taste I spoke 

 of, we will step into the town and pay our 

 respects to a venerable old man, who in a 

 humble way has laboured well in the cause of 

 science. 



AMICUS. I thank you for having given me an 

 opportunity of shaking hands with your vener- 

 able friend, Jonathan Otley, the companion of 

 Dalton in his mountain excursions, and the 

 author of the first, and you say the best, the 

 most exact guide-book of the district. He was 

 evidently pleased, and naturally, when we 

 spoke of his connexion with Dalton. " We 

 suited each other very well," was his remark. 

 His accuracy, for which you say he is dis- 

 tinguished in all things, was shown by his 

 correcting you, when you observed that he, and 

 the more celebrated philosopher, were of the 



