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is more at large than was intended by the writer, the
subject having grown upon him in attempting to give some
account of the lake, and of the roads to and from it.
Pedestrians of good bodily strength and spirits, will
generally be gratified by their tour, and they will
occasionally deviate from the beaten roads; even three or
four ladies, with a guardian, a guide, and a couple of
horses, might occasionally walk and ride, and make such a
gipsying extremely pleasant; the retrospect of such an
excursion over stubborn rocks and wild mountains, furnishing
pretty conversation for the winter's drawing-room.
Foot and horse people may perform their journey in two days;
those from Ambleside sleeping at Nether Wastdale, or
Wastdale Head; those from Keswick, at Calder Bridge.
Carriages must run the round with the same horses, from
Ambleside, or from Keswick, for no post horses are
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kept at the other houses on this rout, and a carriage tour
will cost, at least, four or five days.
By those who travel in carriages, and have little time to
spare, the Wastdale expedition had better be declined; near
Keswick and Ambleside such persons will find abundant
subject for their amusement.
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No. 48.
STANLEY GILL.
When the traveller is in Eskdale, and about sixteen miles
from Ambleside, on his road to Wastdale, he will be near an
ancient building called Dale Garth Hall; and if he should
have the curiosity to see Stanley Gill, he may have access
to it by applying at the hall; the waterfall part of the
Gill, is more than half a mile on the left.
The late --- Stanley, Esq. of Ponsonby (to whose son this
property now
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