4 DOVE DALE REVISITED 



"No, sir, there is nothing which has yet 

 been contrived by man by which so much 

 happiness is produced as by a good tavern or 

 inn." 



In all these things time has wrought no 

 change, nor has the interior of the house under- 

 gone any material alteration, except that as re- 

 gards its accommodation it has moved prudently 

 with the times, still preserving much of its 

 ancient simplicity. 



Looking up to it from the Manifold meadows 

 on a bright afternoon it presents a most charm- 

 ing and restful picture to the eye, backed up as 

 it is by the imposing green hill called Bunster. 

 On its eastern side it looks down upon the green 

 meadows which descend by a steep grade to the 

 winding river Dove, and beyond it looks up to 

 and smiles on the most picturesque of hills called 

 Thorpe Cloud. The everlasting hills are the 

 same, the old rivers Dove and Manifold are 

 just as they were eighteen years ago. " The 

 Izaak Walton " has the same familiar look ; and 

 may the time be very far off in the dim and 

 distant future when the speculative builder shall 

 turn his greedy eyes upon it with a view to con- 

 verting the old and unique simplicity of " The 



