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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
248
We
travelled
for
some
time
near
the
river,
passing
through
clusters
of
houses
which
seemed
to
owe
their
existence
rather
to
the
wealth
of
the
river
than
the
land,
for
the
banks
were
mostly
bare,
and
the
soil
appeared
poor,
even
near
the
water.
The
left
side
of
the
river
was
generally
uninhabited
and
moorish,
yet
there
are
some
beautiful
spots:
for
instance,
a
nobleman's
house,[88]
where
the
fields
and
trees
were
rich,
and,
in
combination
with
the
river,
looked
very
lovely.
As
we
went
along
William
and
I
were
reminded
of
the
views
upon
the
Thames
in
Kent,
which,
though
greatly
superior
in
richness
and
softness,
are
much
inferior
in
grandeur.
Not
far
from
Dumbarton,
we
passed
under
some
rocky,
copse-covered
hills,
which
were
so
like
some
of
the
hills
near
Grasmere
that
we
could
have
half
believed
they
were
the
same.
Arrived
at
Dumbarton
before
it
was
dark,
having
pushed
on
briskly
that
we
might
have
start
of
a
traveller
at
the
inn,
who
was
following
us
as
fast
as
he
could
in
a
gig.
Every
front
room
was
full,
and
we
were
afraid
we
should
not
have
been
admitted.
They
put
us
into
a
little
parlour,
dirty,
and
smelling
of
liquors,
the
table
uncleaned,
and
not
a
chair
in
its
place;
we
were
glad,
however,
of
our
sorry
accommodations.
[Footnote
88:
No
doubt
Erskine
House,
the
seat
of
Lord
Blantyre.
--J.C.
S.]
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