Awe, and many others, imbued with a similar spirit, 

 and bearing the impress of the same master hand, is 

 extremely questionable, so far as the general interests 

 of society are regarded. They have unsettled the minds 

 of many. By a kind of fascination, they have allured 

 the elderly gentleman whose annual summer trip 

 never extended beyond Margate, to venture on a long 

 journey to attend the Winder-mere Regatta, trace the 

 course of the Duddon, or ascend Skiddaw, instead of 

 viewing Doggett's coat and badge rowed for on the 

 Thames, wandering by the Regent's Canal, or climbing 

 Piimrose-hill,to see Mr. Sadler's balloon go up; and even 

 lawyers may now be seen, during the long vacation, 

 angling for trout on Lock Awe, who formerly confined 

 themselves to trolling for pike fresh-water attorneys-T- 

 in the river Lea. From Midsummer to Michaelmas the 

 lakes are perfectly swarming with visitors, while trout 

 have, in the same ratio, become scarce; and beds are 

 scarcely to be had for love or money. It is in vain that 

 the " contemplative man" endeavours to enjoy his medi- 

 tations alone. If he ascend Skiddaw, he overtakes and 

 passes a slow-paced, shortwinded company toiling up 

 the steep ; he meets a second coming down, who have 

 a match against time, and intend completing a tour 01 

 the lakes in four days ; and the first sight that greets 

 him, when he reaches the top, is a family party of 

 thirteen, engaged in eating a family dinner legs oi 

 mutton and trimmings which boots and the hostler 

 have carried up in a clothes-basket. Thinking to find 

 something like solitude in the desert, he takes the 





