LOUGHRIGG TARN, alluded to in the foregoing Epistle, 
      resembles, though much smaller in compass, the Lake Nemi, or 
      "Speculum Dianae" as it is often called, not only in its clear 
      waters and circular form, and the beauty immediately surrounding 
      it, but also as being overlooked by the eminence of Langdale Pikes 
      as Lake Nemi is by that of Monte Calvo. Since this Epistle was 
      written Loughrigg Tarn has lost much of its beauty by the felling 
      of many natural clumps of wood, relics of the old forest 
      particularly upon the farm called "The Oaks," so called from the 
      abundance of that tree which grew there.
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        It is to be regretted, upon public grounds, that Sir George 
      Beaumont did not carry into effect his intention of constructing 
      here a Summer Retreat in the style I have described; as his taste 
      would have set an example how buildings, with all the 
      accommodations modern society requires, might be introduced even 
      into the most secluded parts of this country without injuring 
      their native character.