and between them and the mountains, trees in great variety assist in the composition of a fine picture, of which the High and Low Pikes are the prominent parts of the distance. Amble side, in picturesque irregularity with Wansfell in the back ground, is a cheerful right hand companion. For a short time, the Rydal Fells are shut out, but they suddenly again appear, and on the left, Miller Bridge Cottage, a very pretty place, which has been altered and very much improved by Mr. Harden, of Brathay, the proprietor, who has likewise procured amendment to the road, which was heretofore rugged and unpleasant: a little beyond the cottage are the steppingstones, from which there is a foot path to the middle of the town, and another to the Keswick end of it; the road presently enters the wood at Fox How. Fox How is the first cottage on the left, below which, from an elevated part of the road, the views of Rydal and Ambleside are severally replete with a rich display of wood and moun tain scenery; near this place, a few years ago, a number of trees were cut down, amongst others some elegant weeping birches, but since that cutting, the woods have developed their present beauties, and to the credit of Robert Blakeney, Esq. the proprietor, it is his intention, by every means in his power, to aid their future progress.

Fox Gill stands at the foot of a rocky precipice, richly abounding in wood: the present house, which was built upon the site of a picturesque old one, will be a retired and comfort.

able residence, and see from its front and end, in the two views of Ambleside and Rydal, two interesting but highly contrasted landscapes. The four buildings between this place and Pelter Bridge, beginning with Fox Gill, are admirably situate amongst wood, and backed by the bold and rocky projections of Loughrigg Fell; but it is not these pretty cottages and their sheltering Loughrigg that are here the only attractions, the views on every hand are fine, and greatly improved by the sparkling meanderings of the river Rothay. Beyond the last house, on the left, appears a part of Loughrigg Fell, on the side of which is a huge rock, called Holm Scar, a considerable part of which is. covered with ivy: the ascent to this rock is steep, but it is a fine thing when seen near at hand. Pass Pelter Bridge, still keeping the river on the right, to the farm-house called Coat How: the lands of Rydal, as viewed from the side of the river, display a choice mixture of beauty and sublimity, particularly from amongst the trees higher than the road. The first view of Rydal Water, with its charmingly wooded islands, the moderate but rocky elevation called the White Moss, on which is seen the Keswick road, and in distance Silver How in lines of beauty, is altogether an excellent picture. Having left Rydal Water, ascend the steep hill mentioned in the Langdale round, and gain the terrace and the lake and vale of Grasmere ;-if the party is on foot, he may pursue a lower course, by keeping the wall to its angle, from which, over an almost trackless way, he must pass to a guile near the margin of the lake. The views

on this track are very fine, and wherever the island appears separated from the main land, that will generally be a pleasant degree of elevation: this lower road passes from the hill through a wood, having the lake not many yards on the right, and joins the one from Skelwith Bridge to Grasmere at the bottom of a hill.

The terrace road, from which the above coasting deviation was made, after having arrived at West's Station, descends precipitately to the foot of the hill just mentioned: in this steep descent, the vale appears, at intervals, in charming glimpses.

From Tail End, which was some years ago much improved by F. D. Astley, Esq. there is a view of the lake and vale of Grasmere, which for the beauty of its parts and the whole together, has scarcely its equal. The road first passes on the left, the Wyke, a neat house, built a few years since. From the Wyke there is a capital view of the water, having Seat Sandal in the back ground :-and at the bottom of the hill, Gell's Cottage, the property of -Barber, Esq. a tasteful modern erection of one story; the house was built nearly twenty years ago, prior to which, on the little plot of pleasure ground, stood some trees; to which trees others have been added, and the whole is a very pretty place. From Gell's Cottage the road peeps through ash and birch trees, and leaves on the right, on its way to the church, Pavement End, the property and residence of Mr. John

Green; and next the Vicarage, which is near the church. From Grasmere Church to Ambleside, the road passes under Nab Scar, having Rydal Water on the right. This excursion is between nine and ten miles.

To Loughrigg Tarn over Loughrigg Fell.

A walk of six or seven miles over Loughrigg Fell to Loughrigg Tarn, and passing that Tarn and the lakes of Grasmere and Rydal, all on the left, to Ambleside, is a trip having many amusing changes.

After wet weather, the party must commence by Rothay Bridge, as described in the last excursion, and proceed as far under Loughrigg as the gate, a little short of the woods at Fox How. But in a season allowing the river to be crossed at Miller Bridge Steps, the distance may be shortened by passing down the fields from the Market-place; or by a road at the Keswick-end of the village to those steps. The Market-place is left at and under an ancient building, and the party is conducted down a green lane and over three fields to Stock Gill, where a few stones will bear him to a fourth field, at the end of which is the Rothay at Miller Bridge. This little trip from the town to the Rothay, is one of the prettiest things in nature and art, particularly about the little stepping stones; for the Church and Green Bank on the north, and Covey Cottage and Gale House on the south, with other buildings, peep

from amongst trees, some of which are plea santly dispersed over beautiful rocky knolls, to which, excepting towards Windermere, the mountains add a dignified back ground: but this charming district has suffered loss by the destruction of a number of oaks, and on places where even more would have benefited the face of the country. The Salutation lands have perhaps been less injured than any other extensive property in the country, and it is highly to the credit of the late Bishop of Landaff that he rarely proceeded to indiscriminate extermination. The trees on the Millands, and those on the High Bank above the top of the Market-place, are voluminous instances of the tasteful utility of such preservation. Much of the beauty displayed on the foot way between the town and the Rothay, depends on the rocky knolls crowned with trees, and the proprietors, Mr. E, Partridge and Mr, J. Sewart, would not only add riches to the republic of taste, but to their pockets individually, by weeding only where the luxuriant growth of neighbouring trees would be promoted by it,

The road under Loughrigg is close to the western end of the steps, and the gate just mentioned, about a quarter of a mile beyond them.

From the gate, the road ascends to a new barn, having a fine view of Rydal on the right: the back view of Ambleside is an exquisite village scene; the road passes the barn on the right into a wood, and from the fine ascent Mr, Blakeney's property and the valley are seen in a