accumulation of money may be gleaned from the following; for it is said "he spun the wool needed for the family clothing himself, while he taught the children of his parishioners. He assisted for hire in hay-making, and sheep-shearing, and also acted as clerk and scrivener on the same terms. He had also two acres of land which he and his sons cultivated, a few sheep, and a couple of cows ;" and Mr. Thorne says we were told by some of the older inhabitants, that at that time there was no public-house in the place; and Walker was accustomed, they said, to supply any who required such refreshment with ale of his own brewing, charging for it a certain price, and two pence per quart extra if drunk in his house." Thus, while accounting for the savings of the clergyman, these circumstances serve to illustrate the simplicity of manners of the people at that time. A plain blue slab under the old yew-tree records his death and that of his wife in the same year, both at the good old age of 93; she dying on the 28th January, 1802, and he on the 25th June following.

If the tourist should have an opportunity of staying on a Sunday at this village, he will be much interested with the primitive simplicity of the inhabitants; the simple chapel, which is like most others in this district; is a low oblong building, with a plain porch, similar, in outside appearance, to a labourer's cottage, only at one end a bell hangs, with bell-rope outside, instead of a chimney-pot, which method of hanging the bells is known to antiquaries by the name of bell-turrets, that exist in all their primitive simplicity in the northern country villages in England, and in Wales. In the interior, Walker's pew is still to be seen the same as when

he left it, lined with cloth woven by his own hand, being the only one in the chapel so distinguished. After the tourist has traced the stream from Seathwaite, and gone over the beautiful white stepping-stones, and past Cockley Beck to the Three Shire-Stones at its source from Wrynose, he may either take the road to Eskdale, passing along the base of Hard Knott, half a mile south of Cockley Beck Bridge, or Cockley Brig, as the dalesmen call it, to Esk Bridge; or, he may return to Ulpha, through some of the most wild and beautiful scenery along the valley of the Duddon, called Dunnerdale.

If the tourist has no intention of visiting Eskdale by this route, Ambleside may be reached from Seathwaite, by the Walney Scar road through Coniston, a distance of about fourteen miles; the first six miles must be accomplished on foot, as the road over Walna Scar is steep and rocky.

From Ulpha the road to Eskdale lies over a desolate Moor, abounding in peat. Passing through the village of Crosbythwaite, having in view Hest and Birkby Fells on the left, at the base of which runs a tributary of the Duddon; Birker and Harter Fells on the right. About three miles from Ulpha, a road branches off to the right, leading to the village of Bout in Eskdale. It crosses the stream of Stanley Gill, known also by the name of Dalegarth Force, which is a tributary of the Esk, and enters it half a mile from the fall; it is situated in the grounds of Mr. Stanley of Ponsonby. The grounds are well laid out, and have several summer-houses, from whence interesting views may be obtained of the fall. It flows from the fells through a narrow wooded ravine, and is formed of an upper and lower fall, altogether

about sixty feet in height: this fall is remarkable for the beautiful rocky heights through which it passes. Perhaps the surrounding beauties are greater than any of falls in this district. A guide to the fall may be obtained at the farm-house, formerly Dalegarth Hall.

Birker Force is also a very beautiful fall, in the immediate neighbourhood, and is another tributary of the Esk, flowing from a small tarn in the fells, entering it near the little chapel. This fall is the same height as Stanley Gill (sixty feet), with the scenery around very similar, but rather more woody: the larch and fir clustering from the rocks, give it a beautiful Alpine appearance; and by some it is preferred to Stanley Gill. The Esk is a beautifully transparent stream, with a rough stony bottom, whose wooded banks, lofty fells, and numerous falls which the river makes in its course, present a variety of picturesque scenes, which the artist and the lover of rural scenery cannot fail to admire. About a mile and a half from Birker Force, the road crosses the river, and passes over Hard Knott to Cockley Beck Bridge, the source of the Duddon, and Langdale. Near this spot, at a point called Esk Hause, pronounced Ash Course, may be seen the winding course which the Esk takes for about five miles, leading to Scaw Fell, from whence it flows, and overlooking Burnmoor. At this point also may be seen the whole of Borrowdale; with Derwent Water, and Skiddaw in the distance. In returning to the village of Bout, we cross another small tributary flowing from Stony Tarn. At Bout, a road over Burnmoor leads to Wast Water and Scaw Fell, about six miles distant, passing near the stream flowing from Burnmoor Tarn, which