ndulged there will have a
favourable issue. Helm Crag, a singularly-shaped hill, about two miles from
the inn, commands an extensive and delightful prospect; Helvellyn and
Saddleback, Wansfell Pike, the upper end of Windermere, Esthwaite Water, with
the Coniston range, and Langdale Pikes, are all distinctly visible. The Glen
of Esdaile, marked by highly-picturesque features, lies in a recess between
Helm Crag and Silver How, and the ascent commands fine retrospective views.
Throughout this district the hills and dales are remarkably interesting, and
offer numerous attractions to the tourist. Delightful excursions may be made
from Grasmere into Langdale and Patterdale, and the ascent from Grasmere to
the top of Helvellyn, to Langdale Pikes, and to Dunmail Raise will be events
not easily to be forgotten. A heap of stones on the summit of Dunmail Raise
marks the site of a conflict in 945 between Dunmail, King of Cumberland, and
Edmund, the Saxon King. In descending this hill Thirlmere comes into view.
Thirlmere lies in the Vale of Legberthwaite, and the precipices around it are
objects of special admiration. The ascent of Helvellyn is sometimes begun at
the foot of Thirlmere.

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KESWICK is a market town, in the county of Cumberland, and parish of
Crosthwaite, and is situated on the south bank of the Greta, in a large and
fertile vale, about a mile from Derwent Water. Coleridge, describing the
scene, says:--"This vale is about as large a basin as Loch Lomond; the latter
is covered with water; but in the former instance we have two lakes (Derwent
Water and Bassenthwaite Mere), with a charming river to connect them, and
lovely villages at the foot of the mountain, and other habitations, which
give an air of life and cheerfulness to the whole place." The town consists
only of one street, and comprises upwards of two thousand inhabitants. Some
manufactures are carried on, including linsey-woolsey stuffs and edge tools.
Black-lead pencils made here have acquired a national repute: the plumbago of
which they are manufactured is extracted from "the bowels of the earth," at a
mine in Borrowdale. The parish church, dedicated to St. Kentigern, is an
ancient structure standing alone, about three-quarters of a mile distant,
midway between the mountain and the lake. Within this place of worship the
remains of Robert Southey, the poet and philosopher, lie buried. A marble
monument to his memory has recently been erect