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Within, there is abundant space, with little eleva- 

 tion; — plenty of room in the hall and parlours, 

 with ceilings that one can touch with the hand. 

 Almost every other noticeable edifice in Bowness 

 is new, or at least modern ; the schools, the gift of 

 the late Mr. Bolton, of Storrs Hall, — the Italian 

 villa called Belsfield, and many others. 



The visitor will first repair to the strand to 

 salute the waters. He will find a good quay, with 



boats in abundance, and several boat- 

 ^^^1™^^^^ houses within view. A substantial 



little pier is built out into the lake; 

 on either side is a steamboax moored during the 

 winter ; and to the end of the pier these steamers 

 come, six times a day each, during the summer. 

 To the right, gardens slope down to this little 

 bay ; and they look gay even in winter from their 

 profusion of evergreens, and from the ivy which 

 clothes their walls. The church just peeps out be- 

 hind the houses above. Looking over the lake, 

 Curwen's Island is just opposite. - In May and 

 early June, the woods of that island, and all the 

 promontories round, present a most diversified 

 foliage, — from the golden tufts of the oak to the 

 sombre hue of the pines, with every gradation 

 of green between. In July and August, the woods 

 are what some call too green, — massy and impene- 

 trable, — casting deep shadows on the sward and 

 the waters. Within the shadow on the shore 

 stands the angler, watching the dimpling of the 

 surface, as the fly touches it, or the fish leaps from 

 it : and within the shadow on the water, the boat 

 swings idly with the current; and the student, 

 come hither for recreation, reads or sleeps as he 



