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cart on the road above, and bounded from crag to 

 crag ! These things are like the barbarism of two 

 centuries ago. It is the railroad that must mend 

 them. In a generation or two, the dale-farms may 

 yield wool that Yorkshire and Lancashire, and 

 perhaps other countries may compete for ; the 

 cheese may find a market, and the butter may be 

 in request. And at the same time, the residents 

 may find their health improved by the greater 

 wholesomeness of their food; and, before that, 

 their minds will have become stirred and enlarged 

 by intercourse with strangers who have, from cir- 

 cumstances, more vivacity of faculty and a wider 

 knowledge. The best as well as the last and 

 greatest change in the Lake District is that which 

 is arising from the introduction of the railroad. 



