e, whence parties may proceed to Bowness, Ambleside,
Keswick, and other delightful and time-honoured places in Westmoreland and
Cumberland. From Kendal also Sedburgh, Orton, Kirkby Stephen, Shap, Brough,
and the high and low lands circumjacent, may be visited. Ulverston,
Ravenglass, Whitehaven, Cockermouth, all nearly equally accessible from the
Kendal railway station, will furnish another interesting route to the
traveller.

The midland part of Cumberland consists principally of hills, valleys, and
ridges of elevated ground. To the tourist the mountainous district in the
south-west is the most interesting and attractive. This part comprises
Saddleback, Skiddaw, and Helvellyn, with the lakes of Ulleswater, Thirlmere,
Derwent-water, and Bassenthwaite. Besides these lakes there are several of
smaller size, equally celebrated for their diversified and striking scenery.
Buttermere, whose charms are sweetly sung by many of our poets, Crummock-
water, Loweswater, Ennerdale, Wast-water, and Devock-lake, are frequented by
hosts of travellers, and retain no small number of admirers. The most
remarkable phenomena connected with the Lakes are the Floating Island and
Bottom-Wind, both of which are occasionally seen at Derwent-water, and
neither of which has yet received a satisfactory explanation. Most of the
lakes abound in fish, especially char, trout, and perch; so that anglers are
sure of plenty of sport in their visits to these fine sheets of water. In
Cumberland there are several waterfalls, namely, Scale Force and Sour Milk
Force, near Buttermere; Barrow Cascade and Lowdore Cascade, near Keswick;
Airey Force, Gowbarrow Park; and Nunnery Cascade, Croglin. The highest
mountains in the same county are,--Scaw Fell (Eskdale), 3166 feet, highest
point; Helvellyn (Keswick), 3055; and Skiddaw (Keswick), 3022. The climate
of Cumberland is various; the high land cold and piercing; the lower parts
mild and temperate. The district is generally considered to be healthy, and
many remarkable instances of longevity are noted by the local historians.

The oldest inhabitants on record are John Taylor, of Garrigall, who died in
1772, aged 132 years, and Mr. R. Bowman, of Irthington, who died June 13,
1823, aged 118 years. The oldest oak tree in Cumberland of which there is
any record--a tree which had stood for 600 years in Wragmire Moss, Inglewood
Forest--fell from natural decay on the day of Mr. Bowman's demise.

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