Description of Sixty Studies, pp.4-5

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	page 4:- parts, covered with ivy; trees have been suffered to remain near the hall, and they are in unison with it, being chiefly aged sycamores; nor are the farms and cottages without their accompaniments of wood, which, though of humble growth, are scattered about the buildings and enclosures in groups, hedge-rows, and single trees. The Old Man and his neighbours finish the scene in a grand style, which, though generally fine, is rendered infinitely more interesting when seen after much rain, by that variety of sparkling waterfalls which issue from the fissures of the mountains.
plate 2   Coniston Waterhead
	No. 2. BUILDINGS AT CONISTON WATERHEAD. The New Inn at Waterhead stands near the head of the lake, and this scene is upon the road from the church and page 5:- village of Coniston, by that inn to Ambleside; it is about two or three hundred yards from the inn, and that distance from the mansion house, called Waterhead, the property of --- Knott, Esq. and which is still nearer Ambleside. An artist will make various useful selections from these buildings, under different points of view, and he may gain advantage from studies of the local colouring.
plate 3   Yewdale
	No. 3. YEWDALE, NEAR CONISTON. The valley of Yewdale, lies about a mile north-west of Coniston Waterhead. Near the house, part of which is seen in this view, is the famous yew tree, tall and beautifully picturesque, but not umbrageous like these of Patterdale and Lorton; the hill on the
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