. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... ailway, as it lies away a mile over thehill, but is becoming much frequented by lovers ofquiet rural life during the season. It is a stragglingvillage, but contains some nice residences and a smallchurch. Two hotels as well as lodging houses aflbrdexcellent accommodation for visitors, who annuallyenjoy sea-bathing on the fine sands. Leaving Silverdale, we pass by fields, an occasicmalfarmstead or cottage, and crossing a little open weespy, betw3en two wooded hills, the old tower ofArnside, once the abode of the Stanl
. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... ailway, as it lies away a mile over thehill, but is becoming much frequented by lovers ofquiet rural life during the season. It is a stragglingvillage, but contains some nice residences and a smallchurch. Two hotels as well as lodging houses aflbrdexcellent accommodation for visitors, who annuallyenjoy sea-bathing on the fine sands. Leaving Silverdale, we pass by fields, an occasicmalfarmstead or cottage, and crossing a little open weespy, betw3en two wooded hills, the old tower ofArnside, once the abode of the Stanleys, one of thosemassive piles built by the ancient lords of the soil,and common hereabouts, for the defence and temporaryshelter of the inhabitants during the frequent expe-ditions of Scottish maraudeis or other unprincipledfreebooters who infested the northern counties. Im-mediately after this we reach ARNSIDESix miles from Carnforth, nineteen miles from Furness Abbey).From this place a view of the estuary of the Kent isobtained as far as Milnthorpe, with the tops of the. ARNSIDE. Westmorland mountains in the distance. Nearer, isAVhitbarrow Scar, a bare weather-beaten mass of rock,and at our feet the channel of the river Kent. Arn-side is a favourite watering-place of the people ofKendal, and is much frequented in summer, the twohotels and many private houses being generally crowdedwith people. The Knot, the hill which rises abovethe place, affords charming and varied prospects. Quitting the station, we round a point ; the sea-sideportion of the village comes into sight, and has a verypretty effect by the time we reach the viaduct, especiallyif the tide be flowing. The sensations we experienceon seeing the waves lashing the embankment and theiron pillars of the bridge, which the train rapidlytraverses, can be better imagined than desciibed, andthere is a certain feeling of relief as we once morereach terra firma. Here a large tract of land has beenreclaimed by a work of stone
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