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[Footnote D: In the beginning of winter, these mountains, in the
moonlight nights, are covered with immense quantities of woodcocks;
which, in the dark nights, retire into the woods. --W. W. 1793. ]


[Footnote E: The word 'intake' is local, and signifies a
mountain-inclosure. --W. W. 1793. ]


[Footnote F: Gill is also, I believe, a term confined to this country.
Glen, gill, and dingle, have the same meaning. --W. W. 1793.

The spelling "Ghyll" is first used in the edition of 1820 in the text.
In the note to that edition it remains "gill".
In 1827 the spelling in
the note was "ghyll. "--Ed. ]


[Footnote G: Compare Dr. John Brown:

Not a passing breeze
Sigh'd to the grove, which in the midnight air
Stood motionless, and in the peaceful floods
Inverted hung.

and see note A to page 31. --Ed. [Footnote U of this poem]]


[Footnote H: This line was first inserted in the edition of 1845. In the
following line, the edition of 1793 has

Save that, atop, the subtle . . .

Subsequent editions previous to 1845 have

Save that aloft . . .

Ed. ]


[Footnote J: The reader, who has made the tour of this country, will
recognize, in this description, the features which characterize the
lower waterfall in the gardens of Rydale. --W.