46 BIOGRAPHY. 



suggesting that they were flung into the moat, when the 

 house was ransacked for arms after the battle of Cullodeu. 

 He told me that he believed that if the lake were completely 

 drained, many more such articles would be recovered. 



The view on page 36 is taken from a spot on the northern 



bank. At some hundreds of yards distance from the house 



there are a couple of splendid sycamores, and close to them 



fho is a large block of ironstone, called the Echo Stone. Any 



tone. one standing by it, and speaking towards the house, will 



hear every syllable returned with wonderful clearness. 



Sitting on this stone, I made the sketch from which this 



illustration is taken. On it is engraved the word ECHO. 



On the western side of the gateway there had been a 

 curious old chapel formerly attached to the mansion 

 Waterton, however, disliked it and took it down, against the 

 remonstrances of the then Duke of Norfolk, his godfather. 



The lake is widest near the house, and then proceeds 

 almost due west, narrowing as it goes, and taking a turn 

 northwards towards the end, where it passes round a hill, 

 and becomes shallower, allowing the sedges and reeds to 

 appear, and so affording shelter for the aquatic birds. 



Another view of the lake is now given, looking west- 

 ward, and taken from the right-hand first floor window of 

 the house as seen on page 36. 



On the ground-floor may be seen a large window, flanked 



by a smaller one on either side. These are the west 



windows of the drawing-room. The central window is a 



large sheet of plate glass, and behind it is mounted a large 



telescope, commanding nearly the whole of the lake. 



The On the left, before coming to the -wood, are a few 



flfowt w iilows, and between them and the wood is a favourite 



resort of the herons. The low bank looks as if it would 



be endangered by the water, but it is perfectly firm, even 



to the very edge. It is made of large stones, not squared, 



