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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
distance
from
one
Linn
to
the
other
may
be
half
a
mile
or
more,
along
the
same
ell-wide
walk.
We
came
to
a
pleasure-house,
of
which
the
little
girl
had
the
key;
she
said
it
was
called
the
Fog-house,
because
it
was
lined
with
"fog,"
namely
moss.
On
the
outside
it
resembled
some
of
the
huts
in
the
prints
belonging
to
Captain
Cook's
Voyages,
and
within
was
like
a
hay-stack
scooped
out.
It
was
circular,
with
a
dome-like
roof,
a
seat
all
round
fixed
to
the
wall,
and
a
table
in
the
middle,--seat,
wall,
roof,
and
table
all
covered
with
moss
in
the
neatest
manner
possible.
It
was
as
snug
as
a
bird's
nest;
I
wish
we
had
such
a
one
at
the
top
of
our
orchard,
only
a
great
deal
smaller.
We
afterwards
found
that
huts
of
the
same
kind
were
common
in
the
pleasure-grounds
of
Scotland;
but
we
never
saw
any
that
were
so
beautifully
wrought
as
this.
It
had,
however,
little
else
to
recommend
it,
the
situation
being
chosen
without
judgment;
there
was
no
prospect
from
it,
nor
was
it
a
place
of
seclusion
and
retirement,
for
it
stood
close
to
the
ell-wide
gravel
walk.
We
wished
we
could
have
shoved
it
about
a
hundred
yards
further
on,
when
we
arrived
at
a
bench
which
was
also
close
to
the
walk,
for
just
below
the
bench,
the
walk
elbowing
out
into
a
circle,
there
was
a
beautiful
spring
of
clear
water,
which
we
could
see
rise
up
continually,
at
the
bottom
of
a
round
stone
basin
full
to
the
brim,
the
water
gushing
out
at
a
little
outlet
and
passing
away
under
the
walk.
A
reason
was
wanted
for
placing
the
hut
where
it
is;
what
a
good
one
would
this
little
spring
have
furnished
for
bringing
it
hither!
Along
the
whole
of
the
path
were
openings
at
intervals
for
views
of
the
river,
but,
as
almost
always
happens
in
gentlemen's
grounds,
they
were
injudiciously
managed;
you
were
prepared
for
a
dead
stand--by
a
parapet,
a
painted
seat,
or
some
other
device.
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