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reascending, where from the steepness you 

 would not suppose a man could stand ; and 

 here they live throughout the week, returning 

 to their families only to spend the Sunday. 



AMICUS. A hard life indeed, proving how 

 man may become accustomed to any kind of 

 life : for, I cannot imagine any other more la- 

 borious or less attractive. 



PISCATOR. It is not, I would hope, without 

 some compensating attractions, those common 

 to the hardy mountaineer, enjoyments to be 

 felt rather than described, and to which even 

 danger gives a zest. But we have not time to 

 moralise ; we must hasten our return, for the 

 sun is getting low, and I wish to take you into 

 Seathwaite, the Seathwaite of Borrowdale, a 

 recess of the dale well worthy of a visit. 



AMICUS. Our dismounting and leading our 

 horses down has warmed my chilled blood. 

 What a pretty torrent, or rather succession 

 of cascades, is this which we have skirted the 

 whole way of the steep descent ! 



PISCATOR. Imagine what it is, as I have seen 

 it after heavy rain. Then it is more than pretty ; 

 and where it reaches the dale and dashes under 

 these widely spreading larches, nobler trees 



