Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-26
Brooks Letters.
Correspondence Of the Portland advertiser
THINGS IN ENGLAND.
No. Xiii.
CARLISLE, JuNE 90, l83J.

Amer the latigu ol the night, our good
beds al lorrowdal- and our weary selves,
did not bid each other good bye till near
I2 O'Clock. TO wore we went then,
studying geography again. did not
care much where went, provided our
wav was of the Post Roads where the
whole mob of travellers now let loose
from London, were beg inning Ia 90, "to
see the country" which they commonly
see in II post chaise, or a stage coach at
the rate of ten miles an hour. AT last,
concluding that We could dispense w.th
more walks in the mountains, we hired
our tavern-keeper to take us III his go
cart to Derwentwater-and We came To
this conclusion the more readily, because
the people of the house told us we should
see II great water-la some few miles off.
We left then this most wild place of
Rosthwaite, as il is called (M~nite) is the
name here given to an enclosure cIeared)
without seeing the great black lead mine
hereabout; and soon we came to large
rock kept for show at sixpence, 'il you
Please" provided you ascend the steps.
BY the way, every thing in England, of
church, river, or scenery, every thing ii
little out of the ordinary way is kept Tor
\ a show ,-aud you are expected to give
for sight from half crown down to
"what you please" No people are so
ingenious as the English in discovering
shows, and then inventng the means OF
making visiters pay for the sight. No
where else but in England, l am quite
sure, would a poor creature expect TO ge,
his living by "tending," as we should
call it, such rock. Anon we came to
the famous waterfall, called in the guide
book "the Niagara of the lakes" J
=, pricked up my ears to aear the roar OF
;. this cataract. The mists were flying o.
YER the rough and bare hills in dark
souadrons, as if some battle were to- be
fought in the sky by the king of storms
} But | could hear no water-falI! Ou
carriage stopped. A woman with sol
emn air, planted a chair near the whee
of the cart for us to aIighi from it. Hel
manner was so grave, and all was don"
with such solennity, that | really feared
for moment that our own Niagara was
to find n rival. Ipricked up my ears n
, gain, but no Niagara-roar as yet! All
was quiet. looked at n little artificial
pond where fish were sporting,-a sight
that is given suppose, to sharpen the
curiosity to see the Niagara Of the lakes
, AT last, with this exordlum over, we be-
gan to approach the Niagara of the
lakes. | stopt and listened, but for the lie
, of me could not distinguish the Ningara
of the lakes from the bull frogs about Il
We approached nearer and nearer, but
, vet | could not hear this Niagara OF the
! lakes. At last | saw a foam. l heart
| a little grumblng of the waters. found
) steep descent. | saw rocks thlckl>
scattered about it. The place was rath
K er wild-but when | reached this Ma
5 cara ofthe lakes, my friend and myseI
0 burst into roar of laughter, that drown
1 ed all "thc roar Of the cataract" to thu
. un,hterabte horror Of the poor woman
! who had put herself in the most solemn
attitudes to describe this solemn sight
}. She ran away from us in despair, as l
O we were some Turkish lnfidcls profanins
n The very ground on which we trod ;-an'
when we returned, and gave our fee TO
!; the show, am quite convinced, that sh.
q must have feared even money from suc'
soulless monsters as we seemed to be-
/, i Never be deluded step out OF your wa
to see any of the Niagaras OF which Al
Englishman boasts.
As we began to leave the wild pass @
Rorrowdale, the cottages the Holms (is
. lands, or plains by the water s'de)
: Derwentw ater were in sight. There ar
but few more varied views in any plac
Than the traveller here has, as he look
:, lbackwards, and turns his eye from tn
D. lake to the mountains. The constar
!. mist that ever seems TO hang over ines
mountains, adds to the interest and gran
deur of tho scene; and no where cou'
ignoran, superstition have more to Ell
courage iis visions and fantasies, than
Q mid such dark and doubtful abodes. Bl
IS about Derwent lake, some OF the best
!, English society has assembled, again
y lustratng the love of, and taste Tor, seer
cry which the English have. E'ega'
mansions, fields, beautiful walks, copse
all OF the beauty Of the English h,g'
3 " cultivated scenery is about this Lar
~ too. As one goes up toward hes"'o'
~. ! and looks down, he seems To have con
~ ,0 from the very gates Of wilderness
5S or, as the picture was when we saw II,
40 have emerged from the regions OF I'M
to the regions Of day-to have lett the
lbode of he clouds and the storms "ne'
at they rest npon mountain tops, and
at have found out an abode Of man whe
y, vo all is exhibited to please his eye: b
:" little Of landscape or prospect is 'e't