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Page 67:-
PART II.
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Keswick area
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KESWICK AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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| MILES | | MILES |
| AMBLESIDE to Grasmere | 4 |
| 2½ | Dunmail Raise | 6½ |
| 1¼ | Nag's Head | 7¾ |
| 2¼ | St. John's Vale (mail
road) | 10 |
| 4¾ | Castlerigg | 14¾ |
| 1¼ | Keswick | 16 |
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Some call Ambleside the head quarters of the lake district,
and others Keswick. It is not necessary to settle this point
of precedence here. having treated of Ambleside first,
because the tourist arrived there first, Keswick claims the
next notice.
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Swan Inn
Sir Walter Scott
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The road from Ambleside to Keswick has already fallen under
our observation as far as Grasmere, and its conspicuous
white inn, the Swan. That inn had the honour of providing
Scott with a daily draught of something good, when he was,
in his early days, the guest of Wordsworth and his sister at
Grasmere,- their board being conscientiously humble, as they
used to tell, to a degree, which did not suit the taste of
their
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