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and the * Daily Graphic ' were so good as to make an appeal to their readers 

 to assist the Committee in the same way. 



The Committee have to thank a great number of distinguished 

 persons for their kindness in complying with this request. 



The following tables show the villages and places thus far suggested 

 in each county, the counties being arranged from North to South, with 

 the comments made thereon by the correspondents of the Committee : — 



ENGLAND. 



NORTHUMBEELAND. 



No villages have been suggested in this county. 



Cumberland. 



Places By whom suggested 



Keswick ....... Mr. Eichard S. Ferguson, F.S.A. 



Penrith Mr. William Wilson. 



Cockermouth ....... „ 



Hesket New Market . . . . „ „ 



Ambleside ....... „ 



Hawkshead ....... „ 



Aspatria IVfcr. Ferguson. 



Dalston ,, 



Orton „ 



Alston „ 



Allonby ,, 



Bromfield ....... „ 



Wastdale ,, 



Gosforth „ 



Eskdale „ 



Brampton „ 



Lanercost ,, 



Maughanby Mr. Jared Turnbull. 



Ivegill Dr. Barnes. 



Caldbeck „ 



Mr. Ferguson states that Keswick itself swarms with lodging-house 

 keepers, foreign to the district, but the valleys radiating therefrom are 

 aboriginal, except for an interesting German strain from German miners 

 imported tempore Eliz. to work gold mines. Mr. J. Fisher Crosthwaite, 

 F.S.A., has written upon the German strain, which is a most interesting 

 one ; the inheritors of the German blood being men of intellectual power. 



Mr. "Wilson, of the Keswick Hotel, suggests that the native population 

 of the dales in lake districts might be met with at such gatherings as the 

 hiring fairs, market days, and horse fairs in the towns. Many of the 

 inhabitants are undoubtedly descendants of the Northmen, who formerly 

 colonised the district, though the population, here as elsewhere, is 

 thoroughly blended. The lake country is poor in traditions, but there 

 are a few, such as the defeat of King Dunmail by Malcolm, King of 

 Scotland, at Dunmail Raise, where the former was slain, and a pile of 

 stones placed over his body. The dialect of Cumberland is best illustrated 

 by its songs and ballads, which are numerous. The vernacular on the 

 Cumberland side of Dunmail Raise varies considerably from that made 

 use of on the other side in Westmorland. The Saxons are said to 

 have colonised Westmorland, but did not settle in large numbers in 

 Cumberland, which was mostly occupied by Danes. There are numbers 



