Buttermere Lake.

the lily than the rose , and although she had never been out of the village ( and I hope will have no ambition to wish it ) she hacl a manner about her which seemed better calculated to set off dress , than dress her . She was a very Lavinia . Seeming , when unaclom'd ,. acIorn'd the most . " Budworth revisited Buttermere in 1797-8 , ancl it is to be regretted that he ao-ain injudiciously drew public attention upon her . He said , " She is nineteen , and very tall ; her voice is sweetly modulated ; and in every point of manners she appeared such as might befitted ,

Or to shine in courts with unaffected ease , " & c . In 1802 there arrived at the Queen ' s Head Inn , Keswick , in a handsome well-appointed carriage , a person who assumed the name of the Honourable Alexander Augustus Hope , brother of the earl of Hopetown , and member for Lintithgow . From Keswick lie made excursions , and in an evil hour for the peace of Mary Robinsonancl her father and mother ( owners of the Fish Inn ) , he

, visited their house at Buttermere . He made the acquaintance of an Irish gentleman , who had been resident with his family some months at Keswick , and deluded him into the belief that he was the person he represented himself to be . Can ii be wondered then that he deceived Mr . and Mrs . Robinson and their only daughter ? On the 2 nd of October they were married at Lorton Church . In the course of hisstayhemadetheacquaintance of Mr . John Crumpt ,

of Liverpool , who had given him leave , as Colonel A . Hope , to draw upon him for a limited amount . Accordingly he drew a bill in favour of George Wood , of Keswick , host of the Queen ' s Head Inn , for twenty pounds . It was shortly afterwards found that he was a swindler , named John Hatfield , ancl for forgery and franking letters he was tried at Carlisle , ancl executed in that city on September 3 rd , 1803 . Mary Robinson bore her misfortunes with so much propriety

as to earn for her the sympathy of all right-minded people . She afterwards married a respectable yeoman of Caldbeck , ancl has left descendants remarkable for their energy ancl force of character . You have the choice of two hotels , each good—the Fish and the Victoria . Here there is time for luncheon , and for those who like to go down to Crnmmoek Lake , and sail to the western side , and walk up to Scale Force Waterfall , a fall of 152 feet , besides a smaller fall

below . The view , with Melbrake in the middle distance , and Honister to close the view , is grand when seen from the Lake as you go to Scale Force . Crumniock Lake should have a day all to itself from Keswick , going by the Vale of Lorton to Scale Hill , whence also Scale Force can be well visited . The second of Mr . Peter Crosthwaite ' s stations , marked on his maps , was the favourite one of Dr . Brownrigg ancl Dr . Franklin , when the latter was a visitor at Ormathwaite House . The return by Whinlatter shows the Vale of Lorton to great advantage from Scale Hill .

The return from Buttermere by the Vale of Newlands diversifies the scene ; and descending down towards Derwentwater , backed up by Skiddaw and Blencathra , with Bassenthwaite Lake ancl valley coming in sight , past Swinside Mountain , makes a day of ever changing scenery nowhere else to be seen in the same time . The whole distance by road is twenty-three miles . The visit to Scale Force adds about three miles to the clay ' s journey . Buttermere Lake is 93 feet deep , and Crummock is 132 feet deep .

N . B . —In our article last month on Bassenthwaite Lake , the depth of Derwentwater , by a slip of the pen , was given as 27 " feet " deep . This should have been written yards = 81 feet deep . Also , Bassenthwaite was given 18 " feet , " and should have been yards = 54 feet deep .