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of Ullswater, but grown timber, which could not 

 be cut by a life-renter, even if infeft cum silvis ; 

 though, perhaps, he might use it to keep the houses 

 in a habitable condition. 8th December, 1737. Fer- 

 gusson contra Fergusson. 



Lastly. The distant mountains are more magni- 

 ficent, and they disclose in the back ground more 

 picturesque and romantic scenery, particularly in 

 the pass of Borrowdale, towards the black lead or 

 wad mines, all of which are to be held part and 

 pertinent of Keswick, according to the maxim, 

 accessorium sequitur principal*. 

 " In support of this argument, various authorities 

 may be referred to Gray's letters, p. 18 ; Gilpin's 

 Tour, p. 39 ; and so it was 'decided by Mr. Avison, 

 organist of Durham, 30th June, 1772, who pro- 

 nounced the following judgment : " this is beauty 

 lying in the lap of horror." 



ANSWERED FOR ULLSWATER. 1 mo. Nothing can 

 be more stiff and formal than Keswick, the figure 

 of which is almost an exact circle, while this lake 

 resembles the letter S, and is the true line of beauty. 

 Nor can it be mistaken for a river, because it does 

 not flow, et rivus est locus quo aqua decurrat. L. 1. 

 l^ff. de rivis. Besides, in point of size, it equals 

 or exceeds Keswick, and the quantity of water in 

 the one may be set off against that in the other, which, 

 it will not be disputed, is a compensatio de liquido 

 in liquidum. 



Secundo. As to Keswick's arresting the atten- 

 tion ; whoever went to the top of Skiddaw, merely 

 to compare the two lakes was using nimious dili- 



