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 betides any othe*r forts. It is a neat well 

 built town *. 



As I next refume intelligence of hufban- 

 dry with the county of Lancajler, I (hall 

 here conclude this letter, 



I am, Sir, &c. 



* From hence we viewed the famous lake cal- 

 led IVinander Meer, ten miles well of Kendal; by 

 much the largefl water of the kind in England. It 

 is fifteen miles long, and from two miles to half a 

 mile broad. It gives gentle bends, fo as to prefent 

 to the eye feveral meets of water -, and is in many 

 places fcattered with iflands: The fhores are va- 

 ried, confirming in ibme places of ridges of hills, 

 in others of craggy rocks •, in fome of waving 

 inclofures, and in others of the fineft hang-ino- 



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v/oods ; feveral villages and one market town are 

 fituated on its banks, and a ferry croffes it at 

 another -, there is fome bufinefs carried on upon 

 it, fo that it is not uncommon to fee barges with 

 fpreading fails : All thefe circumitances give it a 

 very chearful appearance, at the fame time that 

 they add to its beauty. 



I would advife thole who view this lake, not to 

 take the common road down to the village of 

 Bonus*, where the boats are kept, but (for rea- 

 fons which I mail hereafter add) to go thither 

 round almoft by the ferry. The landlord at the 

 inn at that village keeps a boat, and can always 



' * I am fcnfibk throughout this Tour of mifspelt 

 names ; but many of" the places I mention are not to be 

 found in maps, I am obliged, therefore, to write from 

 the ear. 



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