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[in]ducement to visit these natural beauties, is the
goodness of the roads, which are much improved since Mr.
Gray made his tour in 1765, and Mr. Pennant in 1772.
The gentlemen of these counties
have set a precedent worthy of imitation in the politest parts of
the kingdom, by opening, at private expense, carriage roads for
the ease and safety of such as visit the country; and the public
roads are equally properly attended to.
The design of the following sheets is to encourage the taste for
visiting the lakes, by furnishing the traveller with a Guide; and
for that purpose, the writer has here collected and laid before
him all the select stations and points of view, noticed by those
authors who have made the tour of the lakes, verified by his own
repeated observations. He has also added remarks on the principal
objects, as they appear viewed from the different stations; and
such other incidental information as he judged would greatly
facilitate and heighten the pleasure of the tour, and relieve the
traveller from the burthen of those tedious enquiries on
the
road, or at the inns, which generally embarrass, and often
mislead.
The local knowledge here communicated will not, however, injure,
much less prevent,
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