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SKETCH OF A TOUR FROM CARLISLE TO THE
LAKES,
Comprising most interesting and beautiful Scenery.
'CARLISLE - Bush, Crown and Mitre, and
Royal Hotels, excellent - Cathedral - Castle:- Corby
Castle, the picturesque seat of Philip Henry Howard, Esq.
M.P. - Castle and walks shown every Wednesday - will occupy
a day, returning to Carlisle.
'Leaving Carlisle, at six miles on the London road, by the
left, proceed to the village of Armathwaite; cross the river
Eden, by the right, to Nunnery, the seat of H. A. Aglionby,
Esq. M.P.- the walks on the Eden and Croglin rivers are
magnificent, and shown daily; cross the river Croglin to
Staffold Hall - the walks on the Eden and Croglin, equally
splendid, are shown every day; through the market-town of
Kirkoswald, on the left, and then on the right, through
Glassonby; then on the right, in half a mile, on the right
in a field, a slight deviation from the road, there is a
druidical monument called 'Long Meg and her Daughters,'
consisting of one very high
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