CHAPTER XVIII.

Early Morn--High Force--Rock and Water--A Talk with the Waitress-- Hills and Cottages--Cronkley Scar--The Weel--Caldron Snout-- Soothing Sound--Scrap from an Album--View into Birkdale--A Quest for Dinner--A Westmoreland Farm--Household Matters--High Cope Nick --Mickle Fell--The Boys' Talk--The Hill-top--Glorious Prospect--A Descent--Solitude and Silence--A Moss--Stainmore--Brough--The Castle Ruin--Reminiscences 146