Journals Of Dorothy Wordsworth Vol II Author:William Knight JOURNALS OF DOROTHY WORDSWORTH EDITED BY WILLIAM, KNIGHT VOL. IP MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN CO. 1897 r CONTENTS PAGE VII. RECOLLECTIONS OF A TOUR MADE IN SCOTLAND A. D, 1803-Continued .... i VIII. JOURNAL OF A MOUNTAIN RAMBLE BY DOROTHY AND WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, NOVEMBER 7TH TO I3TH, 1805 . . . . . -. 151 IX. EXTRACTS FROM DORO... more »THY WORDSWORTHS JOURNAL OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820 . . . . ... . . 161 X. EXTRACTS FROM DOROTHY WORDSWORTHS TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1822 .. , . . 261 XL EXTRACTS FROM MARY WORDSWORTHS JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN BELGIUM IN 1823 , . 269 XII. EXTRACTS FROM DOROTHY WORDSWORTHS TOUR IN THE ISLE OF MAN, 1828 . . 281 VII RECOLLECTIONS OF A TOUR MADE IN SCOTLAND A. D. 1803 Continued CONTENTS CONTENTS RECOLLECTIONS OF A TOUR MADE IR SCOTLAND, A. D. 1803 Continued THIRD WEEK Sunday, August 28 4, We were desirous to have crossed the mountains above Glengyle to Glenfalloch, at the head of Loch Lomond, but it rained so heavily that it was impossible, so the ferryman engaged to row us to the point where Coleridge and I had rested, while William was going on our doubtful adventure. The hostess provided us with tea and sugar for our break fast the water was boiled in an iron pan, and dealt out to us in a jug, a proof that she does not often drink tea, though she said she had always tea and sugar in the house. She and the rest of the family breakfasted on curds and whey, as taken out of the pot in which she was making cheese she insisted upon my taking some also and her husband joined in with the old story, that it was varra halesome. I thought it exceedingly good, and said to myself that they lived nicely with their cow she was meat, drink, and company. Before breakfast the housewife was milking behind the chimney, and I thought I had seldom heard a sweeter fire-side sound in an evening, sitting over a sleepy, low-burnt fire, it would lull one like the purring of a cat. When we departed, the good woman shook me cordially by the hand, saying she hoped that if ever we came into Scotland again, we would come and see her. The lake was calm, but it rained so heavily that we could see little. Landed at about ten oclock, almost wet to« less