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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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RECOLLECTIONS
OF
A
TOUR
MADE
IN
SCOTLAND.
A.D.
1803
FIRST
WEEK
William
and
I
parted
from
Mary
on
Sunday
afternoon,
August
14th
1803;
and
William,
Coleridge,
and
I
left
Keswick
on
Monday
morning,
the
15th,
at
twenty
minutes
after
eleven
o'clock.
The
day
was
very
hot;
we
walked
up
the
hills,
and
along
all
the
rough
road,
which
made
our
walking
half
the
day's
journey.
Travelled
under
the
foot
of
Carrock,
a
mountain
covered
with
stones
on
the
lower
part;
above,
it
is
very
rocky,
but
sheep
pasture
there;
we
saw
several
where
there
seemed
to
be
no
grass
to
tempt
them.
Passed
the
foot
of
Grisdale
and
Mosedale,
both
pastoral
valleys,
narrow,
and
soon
terminating
in
the
mountains--green,
with
scattered
trees
and
houses,
and
each
a
beautiful
stream.
At
Grisdale
our
horse
backed
upon
a
steep
bank
where
the
road
was
not
fenced,
just
above
a
pretty
mill
at
the
foot
of
the
valley;
and
we
had
a
second
threatening
of
a
disaster
in
crossing
a
narrow
bridge
between
the
two
dales;
but
this
was
not
the
fault
of
either
man
or
horse.
Slept
at
Mr.
Younghusband's
public-house,
Hesket
Newmarket.
In
the
evening
walked
to
Caldbeck
Falls,
a
delicious
spot
in
which
to
breathe
out
a
summer's
day--limestone
rocks,
hanging
trees,
pools,
and
water-breaks--caves
and
caldrons
which
have
been
honoured
with
fairy
names,
and
no
doubt
continue
in
the
fancy
of
the
neighbourhood
to
resound
with
fairy
revels.
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