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Page 100:-
and readily and chearfully give assistance to strangers who visit
their regions. On missing a tract I was directed to observe, I
have been surprised by the dale-lander from the top of a rock,
waving me back, and offering me a safe conduct through all the
difficult parts, and who blushed at the mention of a reward. Such
is the extensive influence of virtue in the minds of those that
are least acquainted with society [1].
The shepherds only are conversant in the traditional annals of
the mountains, and with all the secrets of the mysterious reign
of chaos and old night; and they only can give proper information
concerning their arcana: for others who live almost within the
shadow of these mountains, are often ignorant of their names.
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return to Keswick
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Return to Keswick, by Grange, and if the sun shines in the
evening, the display of rocks on the opposite shore, from
Castle-rock to Wallow-crag, is amazingly grand. The parts are the
same as in the morning ride, but the
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[1]
In parts so sequestered from the world, the vulgar language (as
well as manners) may be supposed to continue very little altered
from what it has been for many ages, and to be what was once
generally used through the country. And in order a little to
gratify the curiosity of the reader, in Article X. of the Addenda
may be seen a specimen of the common Cumberland dialect.
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-- Keswick to Borrowdale
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-- Rosthwaite
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