Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-12

before ten minutes are over)-Dut hen-
dal, you know, Il am getting the rascally
habit) is great in linsey woolsey, worsted
stockings, fish hooks, sailors jackets and
leather;-and many Of some OF these ar
ticles, we have in America from Ken
dal. spent the evening - studying
the geography Of the lakes where we
were going in reading some of Words.
worth's Poems whom we intended to
see-and in foiling the questions of n
man who was puzzling his brains to di-
vine where on earth we came from, as
we spoke English, like the Christian
English, and therefore wern't French, -
yet were not English, as we knew moth
ing Of the thousand little things native
always knows. AT last am certain, he
put us down for French who spoke the
English remarkable welI-America is
in the estimation of an Englshman, who
seldom or never sees dn American so far
off that he would never fancy Clancy is
the English for the Yankee guess) that
any sensible man would come over three
thousand miles Of ocean TO see English
lake scenery-and therein he was about
right, think myself, remembering the
glorious lake scenery we have AT home.
But did not 60 to see The la es. ]
went to see the great intellect whose fan
cy has lowered over and immortaized
them, making every hill vocal and every
valley glorious; and wherever | went il
was all the same to me, rs did not
come 70 see the shows of Guide Books,
nor to have spasms over English lakes
or mountains Amblesde, on Lake Win
demere, was our stopping place about
10 o'clock on Saturday morning, twenty
miles from Kendall, where we had come
in a stage coach with many other per-
sons, like ourselves hunting after the
scenery Of the lakes. We met hun
dred or two Of carts in our way, pushing
for Kendall, as it was mari ct day, when
all the country people came into town to
sell their superfluous "notons," which
and whom our coachman cruelty knock
ed to the right and left if they were in
his way, laughing all the time at the
hubbub he created. At Bowness we
had view OF the far-lamed Lake of
Wndemere which is indeed very beau
tilul, but not worth going very many
miles out of ones way to see, especially
if he has lived long in America. What
gives it in my eye its peculiar beauty is
the very many villas with which its
banks are adorned. The wealth and
taste of England have clustered on its
shores. Fancy naturally wild spot
dotted all along with charming seats, in
which is some of the best society in Eng
land, where learned leisure loves to re-
sort-and you have some idea Of what
gives interest TO this scene. Professor
Wilson of the Elac!wood Magazine has .
a seat here, the building of which was
one Of the fancies OF his youth, and
where, it is said, he first received that
literary impetus, which has made his
Magazine, preaching even the abomin-
able political creed it does, the ablest in
the world, and the most interesting too
every body Of any taste in Great Britain
OF every party, seeking it as he would
gem. This beautiful seat, Hamilton, Of
''men and manners memory" has now
hired for term of years. y villa at the
head of the lake was pointed out to
me,-(and | do not sec but that the +
Engl lish are as fond oftelIing these things
as it is said The New York merchants
arc,) as costing 100000 dollars, and
this too with but little land around it
So much was given for prospect by
rich merchant of London, whose home is
nearly 800 miles off! Another was
shown me near this, that cost 40, ,OOO.-
If our farmers could sell their lake PROS
poets for such sums, they would soon
make fortunes too. never shall cease
admirng or extolling the love the Eng
lish have for a country life, though fos-
tered, as it probably is, by the reflection
that they make no sacrifices of society
in enjoying it. All about here, often
hidden in the trees, are gardens, parks
and pleasure grounds.
The laAe is 10 miles long, surrounded
by hills or mountans--the greatest
breadth being one wide,-and il is the
largest of the English lakes too! 1t has
many islands, some Of which are beauti-
fully grouped near the middle ofthe LAX e.
Sail boats are kept by families for their
own private use, and there are many at
Ambleside for hire, so that every fair
day, the lake is made to appear much q
more beautiful by the life that Is upon it,
At times when from the distance, one ,,
has view as we had, of the mist hang
ing on the tops Of the mountains, fantas-
ticnlly shaping itself by every puff of ,
wind the dmmed sun light falling upon 1t, c
with the little clouds too troopng from a
hill side to hill side, ,as so many perturbed Z
spirits-then indeed ones ideas are ele-
vated to admiration, and one feels that
there may be grandeur in the view