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but pleasing localities of the country. Five miles from
Kendal is Stavely, situated in a deep and picturesque part
of the vale of Kent. Drunken Barnaby resided here in his
latter days. The chapel has a handsome tower and three
bells. From Stavely, the hills rise steeply to the north and
east. The next village that presents itself, is Ings; the
chapel, which is a neat edifice, was rebuilt in 1743, by
Robert Bateman, a poor lad, who being furnished with a small
subscription by the congregation to assist him on his
pedestrian journey to London, rose from the lowest menial
office in the house of a wealthy merchant, to be his
master's partner. The Lake of Windermere shortly afterwards
bursts upon the eye like a fairy vision - the islands - the
mazy windings of the shores, clad with thick wood or skirted
with verdant plains. The town of Bowness with its white
houses, and the rocky mountains of Rydal at a considerable
distance, rivet the gaze of the silently admiring tourist. A
little further is Elleray, the seat of Professor Wilson, on
a most desirable and commanding situation; hence, Calgarth
appears over trees of rich and massy foliage, beyond which
is the lake, and at its head Brathay and Clappersgate, with
the Coniston, Eskdale, Wastdale, Langdale, Borrodale,
Wythburn, Rydal, and Troutbeck mountains. Down the lake, the
eye rests upon the Monarch Isle, lying amid its dependents -
the Ferry House and Station on the west - Bowness on the
east, shut out by Heathwaite and Drummer's Stile - whilst
the summer-house of
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