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drain an important district of tlie county into Morecambe Bay. Tlie moist climate 

 is more favourable to cattle-breeding than to agriculture. Tbs mineral products 

 include lead, a little copper and iron, beautiful marble, and roofing slate. The 

 manufactures are on a small scale. 



Kendal, the only large town of the county, stands on the declivity of a hill 

 near the banks of the river Kent, which flows into Morecambe Bay at MUnthorpe, 

 the only seaport. It is a prosperous place, with various scientific institutions, 

 and the ruins of a castle in which Catherine Parr was born. The woollen 

 industry introduced by Flemish weavers in the fourteenth century still flourishes, 

 and, in addition to cloth, there are manufactures of linseys, carpets, fancy 

 stuffs, combs, fish-hooks, and clogs. But that which has made its reputation 

 is the beautiful country in which it is situate. The river Kent, after which 

 the town is named, rises in a small lake, the Kentmere ; but the lake in this 



Fii?. 141. — The Head of Windermere. 



neighbourhood most sought after is the Windermere. Boicncss and Ambleside, 

 on its shore, are villages of hotels, afl'ording ample accommodation to the 

 crowds of tourists who visit them. Even more romantic are the environs of 

 Grasitiere, at the head of a small lake which drains into Windermere, and in the 

 midst of the most impressive mountain scener}'. Wordsworth lived at the 

 neighbouring hamlet of Rydal, and he and Coleridge are buried in the churchyard 

 of St. Oswald. 



Kirkby Lonsdale, in the fertile valley of the Lune, is the only other place of 

 note in the southern portion of the county. Carpets and blankets are manu- 

 factured, and marble is quarried there. 



Applehij, beautifull}^ situated on the river Eden, is the principal town in the 

 northern part of the county, and its capital. It is very ancient, dating back to 

 the Ptoman age, but has dwindled down into a small country town, with an old 



