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Land fells at from thirty to thirty-five 

 years purchafe : There are many freeholds 

 of from ioo to 300 /. a year. 



Tythes both gathered and compounded. 



Poor rates from 6d. to 1 s. in the pound. 

 The employment fpinning wool, for Kendal. 

 All drink tea. 



The farmers carry their corn ten miles. 



mountains ; on one fide broken, and wildly irre- 

 gular -, and on the other, a vaft range of moun- 

 tain fide. The hollow magnificently great. 



Going up the river to Grange bridge, under 

 Grange Crag the lake is loft : the profpecl: new and 

 terrible -, a whole fweep of rocks, crags, moun- 

 tains, and dreadful chafms. 



Leaving the boat, and walking up to the vil- 

 lage, you gain a view of a cone-like rocky woody 

 hill, rifing in the midft of a hollow of mountains, 

 furprizingly romantic. From hence following the 

 road to the lake under Brandelow Hill, you have 

 the nobleft view of rocks and hills in the world. 

 Grange Crag and Crown Head appear in full view, 

 furrounded by an immenfe wall of rock and moun- 

 tain. 



Taking boat again, you row round a fine 

 promontory, beautifully wooded •, and upon 

 turning it, you tack about round an exquifite 

 little ifiand in the bay ; and if the water is high, 

 there are two more very fine woody iflands, around 

 which you may row : This little archipelago will 

 entertain a perfon of the leaft tafte. Nor is the 

 view of the lake's environs unworthy of admira- 

 tion. The crags and clifts to the right are tre- 

 mendous : Skiddow fronts you in the fublimcft 



ftile; 



