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gence, and at any rate, it is an argument in api- 

 cibus. 



Tertio. The solitude that reigns alongst the bold 

 and precipitous shore of Ullswater, is peculiarly 

 romantic and pleasing, for, amidst a scene of broken 

 banks there ought always to be sequestration ; but 

 the sides of Keswick are covered with houses, and, 

 if two lovers had an assignation there, it would soon 

 be intimated all over the country. Indeed, a decent 

 couple cannot take a walk without exciting atten- 

 tion. L. 1, 3,ff. Unde Vir et Uxor. 



Quarto. As to the islands, Vicar's Island spoils 

 the effect of the rest, for it is covered with corn 

 fields, which are certainly out of place there, corn 

 being parsonage and not vicarage. Forbes on 

 Teinds, p. 39. Not to mention that its banks are 

 quite deformed by Mr. Pocklington's fortifications. 

 L. 1. 6,jf. de ripa munienda. 



Lastly. It is impossible to enter Borrowdale 

 with personal security, from the suspension of loose 

 rocks, fragments of which are constantly tumbling 

 down ; and few travellers have orderly proceeded to 

 the top of it, whatever diligenca they may have 

 used. As for the wad mines, they are in lease, and 

 therefore form a proper wadset, which has nothing 

 to do with the lake. 



It will be observed, with regard to the authorities 

 cited, that the organist Avison was an inferior judge, 

 and not competent to decide the question, and at 

 that time he was in the special service of the Bishop 

 of Durham, and proceeding to Carlisle in a retour. 



REPLIED FOR KESWICK. The fertility of Vicar's 



