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was freely bestowed. Hither it was that in winter 

 he sent the benumbed children^ in companies^ from 

 the school in the church, to warm themselves at the 

 single household fire, while he sat by the altar all 

 the school-hours, keeping warmth in him by the 

 exercise of the spinning wheel. But the story is 

 too well known, as it stands in Wordsworth^s 

 works, to need further celebration here : too well 

 known, we should think, not to induce tourists to 

 walk two miles from Ulpha Kirk" and back again, 

 to visit the homes, in life and in death, of Robert 

 Walker, There are changes even here. There is 

 a school-house, warmer in winter than the church : 

 and there is a decline in the number of attendants 

 at church. The Wesley an chapel at Ulpha has 

 drawn away some ; and the taste for Sunday 

 diversion, which has found its way over the hills 

 from Coniston, estranges more ; and the descendant 

 and successor of the good pastor says that " the 

 old stocks are gone, and the new families are 

 dilTerent." Thus is the large world's experience 

 reflected in this little vale ! 



Newfield is three miles from Ulpha Kirk. There 

 is a small and very old-fashioned inn, where every- 

 thing is clean and comfortable. This is a good 

 place to sleep, (if the traveller is fortunate enough 

 to find the rooms imoccupied,) when Walna Scar 

 is to be crossed. 



The finest part of the Duddon Scenery is just 

 here ; and it is a charming walk by the stepping- 

 stones, celebrated by Wordsworth, and 



THIS DUDDON. 1 J 1 ,1 1 



up and over the moor, to descend upon 

 Eskdale. The travelling party sees nearly the 

 same view, as far as the mountain is concerned, by 



