PAET II. 



KESWICK AND ITS ENVIRONS. 



From Ambleside to Grasmere 4 miles. 



Fia Dunmail Raise to Horse's Head, Wythburn 3f „ 



„ Margin of Thirlmere to Legberthwaite (Dale Head)... 3 „ 



„ Castlerigg to Keswick 5J „ 



Total 16 „ 



Some call Ambleside the head-quarters of the Lake 

 District; others Keswick. It is not necessary 

 to settle this point of precedence here. Having" 

 treated Ambleside first, because the tourist arrived 

 there first, Keswick claims the next notice. 



The road from Ambleside to Keswick has already 



fallen under our observation as far as Grasmere, and 



its conspicuous white inn, the Swan. 



SWAN INN. rpi^^^ ^y^^ ]^r^(j ^\^Q lionour of providing 



Scott with a daily draught of something g'ood, 

 when he was, in his early days, the guest of Words- 

 worth and his sister at Grasmere, — their board 

 being conscientiously humble, as they used to tell, 

 to a degree which did not suit the taste of their 

 guest. By some device or another, Scott managed 

 to pay a daily visit to the Swan without his friends 

 being aware of it. But, when he, Wordsworth, and 



