CHAPTER XVII

MOUNTAIN TARNS 203

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. A Misty Morning, Newby Bridge, Windermere _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Furness Abbey in the Vale of Nightshade 4 3. Windermere from Wansfell (sunset) 8 4. Swan Inn, Newby Bridge, Windermere 12 5. Near the Ferry, Windermere: Skating by Moonlight 16 6. The Old Ferry, Windermere 20 7. Old Laburnums at Newby Bridge, Windermere 24 8. Windermere and Langdale Pikes, from Lowwood 28 9. A Glimpse of Grasmere (evening sun) 30 10. Wild Hyacinths 32 11. Dungeon Ghyll Force, Langdale 34 12. Dove Cottage, Grasmere 36 13. Skelwith Force, Langdale 40 14. Sunset, Rydal Water 42 15. Grasmere Church 46 16. Esthwaite Water: Apple Blossom 50 17. An Old Street in Hawkshead 52 18. Sheep-Shearing, Esthwaite Hall Farm 56 19. Dawn, Coniston 60 20. Charcoal-Burners, Coniston Lake 62 21. Brantwood, Coniston Lake: Char-fishing 64 22. Coniston Village: the Old Butcher's shop 66 23. Moonlight and Lamplight, Coniston 68 24. An Old Inn Kitchen, Coniston 70 25. The Shepherd, Yewdale, Coniston 72 26. Stepping-Stones, Seathwaite 74 27. Winter Sunshine, Coniston 76 28. Daffodils by the Banks of the Silvery Duddon 78 29. A Fell Fox-hunt, Head of Eskdale and Scawfell 80 30. Wastwater, from Strands 82 31. Wastwater and Scawfell 84 32. Wastdalehead and Great Gable (towards evening in autumn) 86 33. Wastwater Screes 88 34. Wastdalehead Church 90 35. Nearing the top of Styhead Pass, Wastdale 92 36. Wastdalehead, Wastwater 94 37. Ennerdale Lake at Sunset 98 38. The Pillar Rock of Ennerdale 100 39. Loweswater 106 40. The Old Post Office, Loweswater 108 41. Crummock Water, from Scale Hill 116 42. Crummock Water and Buttermere 120 43. Head of Buttermere 124 44. Honister Pass and Buttermere 128 45. The Borrowdale Yews (evening) 132 46. Lodore and Derwentwater (a summer's morn) 136 47. Derwentwater, from Castle Head (a bright morning) 138 48. By the Shores of Derwentwater 142 49. Grange in Borrowdale (early morning) 144 50. Crosthwaite Church, Keswick 148 51. Druid Circle, near Keswick (moonlight) 150 52. Falcon Crag, Derwentwater 152 53. The Vale of St. John, near Keswick 154 54. Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake, from High Lodore 156 55. Bassenthwaite Lake (a breezy morn) 160 56. Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw 162 57. Raven Crag, Thirlmere 166 58. Thirlmere and Helvellyn 168 59. Haweswater 178 60. Shap Abbey 182 61. Ullswater, from Gowbarrow Park (a sultry June morn) 186 62. Ullswater, Silver Bay 188 63. Ullswater: the Silver Strand (afterglow) 190 64. Hazy Twilight, Head of Ullswater 192 65. A Mountain Path, Sandwick, Ullswater 194 66. Brougham Castle, Penrith 198 67. Angle Tarn, Esk Hause 204 68. Dalegarth Force, Eskdale 206 69. Blea Tarn and Langdale Pikes 210 70. A Sudden Shower, Blea Tarn 212 71. Kirkstone Pass and Brothers' Water 214 72. Stepping-stones, Far Easedale, Grasmere 216 73. Little Langdale Tarn 218 74. Elterwater and Langdale Pikes 220 75. Seathwaite Tarn, Duddon Valley 222

_The Illustrations in this volume have been engraved and printed in England by the Hentschel Colourtype Ltd._

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