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making an enemy to health where there is no 

 fear of neighbouring hostility. As to the 

 structure itself we need not criticise it : it is 

 well placed, and at a distance may well pass for 

 what you supposed it to be, and have the 

 desired effect on the uninformed mind and the 

 careless eye. On the other side, a little lower 

 down, you may see the grand chimneys of 

 Calgarth, that which was once a hall now a 

 farm house, with which some traditions are 

 connected, and a story, too marvellous to be true, 

 of a skull which had no resting place out of 

 Calgarth, resuming its place as often as it was 

 removed. As well authenticated, I may mention, 

 that Windermere itself occasionally exhibits 

 singular phenomena ; one of them of a spectral 

 appearance. What think you of a white horse, 

 such as the spectre war-steed of the O'Donnough 

 at Killarney, being seen passing over the lake ; 

 and what of an iris on its surface rivalling a 

 rainbow ? One has been vouched for by a 

 popular writer, who says he witnessed it himself; 

 the. other by a man of science, to whom we are 

 indebted for valuable information respecting the 

 meteorology of the district, especially for a 

 record of its rain. 



