IV. DESCRIPTIVE. (a) A GUIDE THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF THE LAKES. (b) LETTERS, &c. ON KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY. A GUIDE THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF THE LAKES IN The North of England, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY, &c. FOR THE USE OF TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS. FIFTH EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. KENDAL: PUBLISHED BY HUDSON AND NICHOLSON, AND IN LONDON BY LONGMAN & CO., MOXON, AND WHITTAKER & CO. DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR THE TOURIST. Windermere.-Ambleside.-Coniston.-Ulpha Kirk.-Road from Ambleside to Keswick.-Grasmere.-The Vale of Keswick.-Buttermere and Crummock.Loweswater.-Wastdale.-Ullswater, with its tributary Streams.-Hawes water, &c. DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES. SECTION FIRST. VIEW OF THE COUNTRY AS FORMED BY NATURE. Page 221 Vales diverging from a common Centre.-Effect of Light and Shadow as dependant upon the Position of the Vales.-Mountains,—their Substance,-Surfaces, and Colours.-Winter Colouring.-The Vales,-Lakes,—Islands,—— Tarns,-Woods,-Rivers,-Climate,-Night p. 235 SECTION SECOND. ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY AS AFFECTED BY ITS INHABITANTS. Retrospect.-Primitive Aspect.-Roman and British Antiquities.-Feudal Tenantry,—their Habitations and Enclosures -Tenantry reduced in Number by the Union of the Two Crowns.-State of Society after that Event.-Cottages, -Bridges,-Places of Worship,-Parks and Mansions.-General Picture of Society 256 SECTION THIRD. CHANGES, AND RULES OF TASTE FOR PREVENTING THEIR BAD EFFECTS. Tourists.-New Settlers.-The Country disfigured.-Causes of false Taste in Grounds and Buildings.-Ancient Models recommended.-Houses.-Colouring of Buildings.-Grounds and Plantations.-The Larch.-Planting.-Further Changes Probable.-Conclusion 269 MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. Time for visiting the Country.—Order in which Objects should be approached.— Views from the Heights.-Comparisons, how injurious.—Alpine Scenes compared with Cumbrian, &c.-Phenomena.-Comparative Estimate EXCURSIONS TO THE TOP OF Scawfell and on the Banks of ULLSWATER, p. 302. ODE. THE PASS OF KIRKSTONE, p. 314. ITINERARY. p. 316. 287 |