Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Boat 1896
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The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere. The horses are steadied from the front by the ferryman, and the driver holds the reins in case the animals bolt: it is a chain ferry, drawn through the water by a steam-driven boat alongside, so a sudden hiss might startle the team. The well-to-do passengers silently contemplate the sublime fells made famous by the poet Wordsworth, enjoying the broad, breezy prospects.
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