Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-12
No. XII.
THE LAKEs-wORDsw DswoRTH-vARIErY
(CUMBERLAND,) JUNE 81.


BoRRowDALE, (CUMBERLAND,) JUNE 81.
This is about one Of the oldest places
on earth, and we came down here from
the mountains last night, about midnight,
limPIng and hobbling along with aching
feet and rent boots. Go back with me a
day or two, and will give you varie-
ty Of all kinds of life.
From Clapham we walked to Kirkley,
Londsdale, IL miIes) town on the riv-
er Lune-a beautiful river, over which
there is beautiful bridge. We took a.
bout five or six hours 10 walk this, so as
to study character upon the road. The
scenery around Ingleton was very pretty,
to which some hills in the distance, add
a little Of the picturesque. Here, we
would sit down by toll-gate, and learn
local histories Of some wandering peas
ant. There we would enter shoema-
ker's shop, and drink some of his beer,
if "licensed to be drunk on the premises''
hung out as a sign, which by the way, 10
a common sign all over England, save
in few places, where for the sake of
the sound, they print to be drank in the
teeth of Lindley Murray. But few
things are more remarkable about here
than the shoes OF the people, ribbed
and noscd as they are with iron, with
the soies covered over with iron nails,
and weighing as much as a small boy
would want to carry. The clog shoes
are different article, and make a furi-
Gus rafting over the pavements. Iron
soled shoes last year, and cost about
three dollars. When l came to the
bridge over the Lune, found il too
pretty place without tarry. 1t is
some distance from the village, all re.
tIred, with many most charming coun-
try seats around it. No where, l am
quite sure, in any other country, can
there be such Bridges as there are i'm
England, all Of stone, 60 where you
may, however small the rivulet; all built
too for generations to come! BY the
arches OF this one, in little grove, with
needle and thread, began the repair
ing Of rents and rips in my garments,
gipsey-like. For after all, gipsies best
understand the art oftravelling, as il is a
profession with them. l found a little
further down some anglers for trout, a
bounding here. We chatted with a
cowboy, who told US his wages we're
90 dollars year, about fifteen of which
found him in clothes! A drunken fel-
low, full of beer, strpt to the skin, chal-
lenged us for boxing match-and thus
ended this scene, as we entered Kirk
ley, Londsdale, IA beautiful place outside
of the town, but ugly enough ,cithin. I'D.
Now we were beginning to be m the
Salmon region, and we began to feast
upon this king of the fishes, for adieu to
English trout, char and turbot, when l
can see the red sides Of salmon. Our
dinner over, with enough Of foot travel
ling for the present day, we mounted u
stage coach, and soon found ourselves in
Kendall, l8 miles oH-a manufacturing
town, with not little squalid poverty in
its bye-lanes Our ride was through u
pleasant country,-but one goes along
so fast, that he can see but little Of il,
and when he is in coach he is here SO
much ADORE the mass Of the people, that
he can have no sport at all in studying
men and manners. Ii / bad time,
would love to 20 thro' the world on foot.
Kendall, you know, & don't know
whether you know il or no, but you
know is a phrase an Englishman throws
in nj the turn of every sentence, when 4
hc is hunting for a new idea, or the
words to Gil the coming one, ,--just ms hs
has three adleciives Tor all the purposes
OF conversation, eiersr for one, nice for
the second, and nasty for the third, (ob,
what an abominable worldly and with
whou,soever you talk, of any education,