was announced recently that the three lakes of Buttermere, Crummock Water, and Loweswater," with 5,000 acres of {reehold land round. them, fare to be offered for sale this summer; it has naturally excited great Interest in the Lake District, It ts felt that if the National Trust were to invite subscriptions for the purchase of the Jand they would receive generous support, though whether enough to enable the whole to be purchased is perhaps doubtful. It is, however, suggested that, at all events, the Trust should acquire that portion fof the shore of Crummock. Lake abutting on Scale Force, the highest waterfall In the district, and the shore of Loweswater, on which stands Holme: Wood and Holme Force. It is also suggested hopefully that the Forestry Commission may be purchasers of the mountain slopes. The Commission has done considerable planting in the Ennerdale Valley, and Buttermere might also be "adopted." The properly is being sold on the instructions of Mr. Martin Marshall, an electrical engineer, of London, the heir of the: Marshalls of Patterdale Hall, who acquired the estate from the trustees the Greenwich Hospital in the reign of George TIL. The property belonged to the Jacobite Eatl of Derwent-water, but when he was beheaded his lands were seized by the Crown and granted to Greenwich Hospital.
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