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every where. From Ulverston, by Dalton, to the ruins of Furness
Abbey, six miles. Return to Ulverston, from thence to Kendal,
twenty-one miles, or to Lancaster, over the sands, twenty miles.
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This order of making the tour of the lakes is the most convenient
for company coming from the north, or over Stainmoor; but for
such company as come by Lancaster, it will be more convenient to
begin the visit with Coniston-water. By this course, the lakes
lie in an order more agreeable to the eye, and grateful to the
imagination. The change of scenes is from what is pleasing, to
what is surprising; from the delicate touches of Claude, verified
on Coniston lake, to the noble scenes of Poussin, exhibited on
Windermere; and, from these, to the stupendous, romantic ideas of
Salvator Rosa, realized on Derwent-lake.
This Guide shall therefore take up the company at Lancaster, and
attend them in the tour to all the lakes [1]; pointing out (what
only can be described) the permanent features of each scene; the
vales, the dells, the groves, the hanging woods, the scattered
cots, the deep mountains, the impending cliff, the broken ridge,
&c. Their accidental beauties depend upon a variety of
circumstances; light
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