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Page 118:-
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museums
Derwent Water by boat
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besides many neatly furnished private lodgings. Here are two
museums, exhibiting the natural history of the country, and
numerous foreign curiosities: one was established by the late Mr.
Crosthwaite, (who published his maps of the lakes about forty
years ago,) and is now kept by his son; the other is kept by the
daughters of the late Thomas Hutton, who died in 1831, at the age
of 85. At both the museums, at Mr. Wright's, and at other places,
a variety of minerals and other subjects of natural history, are
kept on sale. Post chaises, ponies, and jaunting cars may be had
at the inns, with experienced guides for excursions by land; and
neat pleasure-boats with intelligent boatmen for the water.
On an eminence at the north end of the town, Robert Southey, Esq.
L.L.D. Poet Laureate, occupies a delightful situation; Mr.
Pocklington has a pleasant summer residence at Barrow House; and
Mr. Stanger, at Dovecote.
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islands
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For an introduction to the beauties of Keswick vale, a good
station will be found on Castlehead, which is a wooded rock
rising, in the centre of the Derwentwater estate, to the height
of 280 feet above the lake. From the Borrowdale road, at one
third of a mile from the inn, a path turns off by which the hill
is ascended: and from its summit the lake of Derwent is finely
displayed, with its numerous bays and islands. Lord's Island,
near the shore, was once the residence of the family
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gazetteer links
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-- Barrow House
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-- "Castlehead" -- Castle Head
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-- "Dovecote" -- (Dovecot, Keswick)
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-- Keswick
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-- "Lord's Isle" -- Lord's Island
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-- Queen's Head
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-- (station, Castle Head)
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