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The tour which embraces the country between the four lakes,
Derwent Water, Buttermere, Crummock Water, and
Bassenthwaite, is one of twenty-six miles; and it should be
allowed to occupy the greater part of a day,- time being
taken both for survey and refreshment. Its outset will
afford a good opportunity for visiting Greta Hall, Southey's
abode, and his monument in Crosthwaite Church;- a recumbent
statue by Lough,- the inscription being written by
Wordsworth. The villages along the road, beginning with
Portinscale, will exhibit their own evidence of the
employment of the inhabitants in the woollen manufacture; an
ancient staple of the town and district, as is shown by the
inscription which has come down from the olden time,
engraved on a flagstone.
"May God Almighty grant His aid
To Keswick and its woollen trade."
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