[19] “Probably these crests of the earth are for the most part of one colour in all lands, that grey colour of antiquity which Nature loves; colour of unpainted wood, weather-stain, time-stain; not glaring nor gaudy; the colour of all roofs, the colour of things that endure.”—Thoreau, Journal, x. 452.
[20] For a description of the flowers of the fells, I may be permitted, to refer the reader to my book The Call of the Wildflower, which contains chapters on the flora of Snowdonia and Helvellyn.
[21] Description of the Scenery of the Lakes.
[22] In the good old days it must have been a practice to build privies actually over small streams, as may be seen from ruins near disused cottages in Wales and Cumberland.
[23] There is an English branch of the League for the Preservation of Swiss Scenery, which has powerful support. Does not charity in this, as in other matters, begin at home?