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comfortable; and the charges are very moderate. 

 The stranger will have to come again, probably 

 on his way to Furness, and perhaps in some trip 

 to Hawkshead; or when making the circuit of 

 the lake by land. When he has time, he should 

 climb to the summit of the Beacon, for the sake 

 of the sea-views on the one hand, and of the lake 

 on the other. Now, he merely calls for lunch or 

 tea, during the stoppage of the steamer : and then 

 he is off again, up the lake. After the Ferry and 

 Bowness, the next call is at Lowwood Inn, where 

 there are sure to be passengers landing or embark- 

 ing. This inn has been recently enlarged. It offers 

 many inducements to the traveller to remain ; and 

 is, perhaps, one of the most favourite resting-places 

 in the district. Between Bowness and Lowwood 

 Inn, Rayrigg has been seen beside the little bay; 

 and then Calgarth Park, a large yellow-looking 

 mansion, standing finely in its broad meadows. 

 Ecclerigg is next, with its overshadowing trees and 

 pretty pier. Just above Lowwood, high up on the 

 wooded side of Wansfell, will be seen Dove Nest, 

 once the abode of Mrs. Hemans, when its appear- 

 ance was more primitive and less pretty than it 

 is now, — improved as it has been by its present 

 resident, her then young friend, the Hev. Robert 

 P. Graves. Next comes Wansfell Holme. This is 

 another choice situation. On the opposite shore is 

 Wray Castle, erected by James Dawson, Esq., — 

 a most defensible-looking place for so peaceful a 

 region; but an enviable residence, both from its 

 interior beauty and the views it commands. Just 

 above it, Pullwyke bay, where lily of the valley is 

 found, runs far into the land ; and overlooking it 

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