A BEAUTY SPOT ON WINDERMERE.
[To TER EDITOR OP TED "SPECTATOR."] Rita, Will you allow me to appeal to any of your readers who care for an English lakeland, unexploited and unspoiled, to help in securing for the nation the exquisite-Miller-ground Glen, a free right-of-way through the woodland from the lake to Windermere village and station, and the most beautiful view-point on the shores of Windermere betweenBowness and Ambleside? Only those who have stood on Queen Adelaide Hill, which commemorates the only visit of an English Queen to the Lakes, can realize the pricelessness of 'this scenic treasure to lovers of a noble view, and they alone who know that, as matters are, no one who takes a boat at Bowness can land and ramble on the shore anywhere between Bowness and Ambleside, except at the Low-wood steamer- landing, can understand what an inestimable benefit this twenty acres of foreshore and wander-ground will be. We have raised 24,550 out of the necessary £5,000, but the sands are running out, and we have only till August 1st to complete the purchase. Any subscription, however small, will be gladly received by myself, Canon Rawnsley, Keswick, or my co-secretary, Gordon Somervell, Windermere.—I am, Sir, &e.,
Crostlavaite Vicarage, Keswick. H. D. RAWNSLEY.
[We most sincerely hope that the remaining £450 will be collected within the next fortnight. It is of vital importance that a share of the Windermere shores should be secured for all time to the public.—En. Spectator.]
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