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Another, 



70 acres in all 2 fatting beafls 



5 arable 8 young cattle 



65 grafs 200 fheep (com- 



£.63 rent mon right) 



2 horfes 1 boy 



10 cows 1 maid. 



upon the lake, fpotted with its iflands, fo far be- 

 low as to appear in another region ; the lower 

 hills and rocks rife moft picturefquely to the view. 

 To the right you look down upon a beautiful vale 

 of cultivated inclofures, whofe verdure is painting 

 itfelf. The town prefents its fcattered houfes, 

 among woods and fpreading trees : Above it rifes 

 Skiddow* in the moft fublime magnitude. 



Defcending to the town, we took our leave of 

 this enchanting region of landfcape, by fcaling 

 the formidable walls of Skiddow himfelf: It is 

 five miles to the top, but the immenfity of the 

 view fully repays for the labour of gaining it. 

 You look upon the lake, which here appears no 

 more than a little bafon, and its iflands but as fo 

 many fpots \ it is lurrounded by a prodigious 

 range of rocks and mountains, wild as the waves, 

 fublimely romantic. Thefe dreadful fweeps, the 

 work of nature in the moft violent of her mo- 

 ments, are the moft ftriking objects feen from 

 Skiddow -, but in mere extent the view is prodi- 

 gious. You fee the hills in Scotland plainly ; you 

 view a fine reach of fea -, command the IJle of 

 Man, and fee part of an object, which I take to 

 be an highland in Ireland ; befides prodigious 

 tracks of adjacent country. 



Kejwick, upon the whole, contains a variety 

 that cannot fail of aftonifhing the fpe&ator : The 



Jake, 



