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head of Windermere. But there ought to be
a suitable tablet erected to his memory
in one of the Churches (St Johns I should
say) at Parramatta. This drive took
us to the most admired views of Winder-
mere & it was a lovely day for such scenery.
We reached the lake afterwards at Bowness & thence
proceeded in a wherry (one boatman has a brother
in Australia) to Lowood Inn, where we brought
up for the night. After breakfast, on tuesday
we drove through Ambleside, Rydal, Grasmere
Thirleston &c to Keswick – weather still fine
Wednesday it blew furiously – the first fit
of the hurricane which has been felt throughout
Scotland, the North Sea &c Thursday it was
again moderate so we drove along Derwent
Water Lake to Borrodale [Borrowdale], Buttermere &c
returning by the Vale of Newlands to our Inn at
Portinscale near Keswick. Heavy rain & high
wind set in just as we got within a mile
of the Inn, but as we had good Waterproof
cloaks, we suffered no inconvenience in so