[8] Landlords of the Ferry—the first named having been previously the
well known guard of the coach that traversed the Lake district.
[9] In a foot-note to _West’s Guide to the Lakes_, published first
about 1770—its 5th edition being dated 1793—the author or editor
suggests certain other modes of accounting for the presence of
the famous skulls of Calgarth, but fails in offering anything so
satisfactory as the popular version here done into rhyme. The writer of
the note appears to have seen them himself, and I have known more than
one old person, besides John Long, who averred that in their youth,
they had seen the said remains occupying their immemorial position. The
misfortunes of the Philipsons of Calgarth and Crook are matter of local
history, and with some of their recorded exploits, make them, perhaps,
the most interesting family of the two counties.
[10] Dr. Watson, the celebrated Bishop of Llandaff, who purchased the
estate of Calgarth, and long resided upon it, but not at the old Hall.
He is always spoken of by the old people who remember him as “T’
Bishop.”