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of extensive and pleasant views, of land and sea, mountains and
islands. Ulverston appears to the north east, seated under a
hanging wood, and beyond that Furness-fells, in various shapes,
form the grandest termination that can be imagined. The back view
is the reverse of this. When the tide is up, you see a fine arm
of the sea stretching far within land, terminated by bold rocks
and steep shores. Beyond this expanse, a far country is seen, and
Lancaster town and castle, in a fine point of view, under a
screen of high grounds, over which sable Clougha rears his
venerable head. Ingleborough, behind many other mountains, has a
fine effect from this station. If in a carriage, return from the
abbey by Dalton. This village is finely situated on the crest of
a rocky eminence, sloping to the morning sun. At the upper end is
a square tower, where formerly the abbot held his secular court,
and secured his prisoners. The keep is in the bottom of the
tower, and is a dismal dungeon.
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Return to Ulverston, and from thence to the priory of Conishead,
the paradise of Furness; a Mount Edgecomb in miniature, which
well deserves a visit from the curious traveller. The house
stands on the site of the priory of Conishead, at the foot of a
fine eminence, and the ground falls gently from it on all
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