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holding about as much as a thirsty priest would like to
drink, if the liquor were sufficiently good. Lakebank is a
pretty place; and further on, Lakefield, (J. R. Ogden's,
Esq.,) at Near Sawrey, commands perhaps the best view in the
valley. Just beyond, the road turns to the left, through an
undulating country of considerable beauty. We find a trace
of the rebellion of 1745 in the name of a lane, called
"Scotch Gate" (way.) It was here that the fearful
Highlanders were looked for, on their march to Derby; and
here they might have had all their own way if they had come;
for Sawrey had no idea of showing fight. All the
inhabitants, carrying all their valuables, hied away, and
took refuge together in a solitary building which was called
Cook's braw bog-house. And braw it must have been, to hold
all the Sawreyans. The view of Windermere from the highest
point is very fine. The road leads through Farther Sawrey to
the Ferry House. If there is daylight left, (and there may
be, as the Ferry is only seven miles from Coniston
Waterhead) the traveller may as well go to the Station
House, which he must have seen from the opposite side of the
lake, peeping out of the ever-green woods. There he obtains
fine views, up and down the lake, and may mark, on the way
up, the largest laurels he has ever seen. His driver, or
some resident, will probably take care that he does not stay
till it is more than reasonably dusk. As reasons in plenty
are always found for not marrying on a Friday, so it is said
to be impossible, somehow or other, to get over to the Ferry
Nab in the ferry-boat, except by daylight. And if you should
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