Note AI — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814
Reading edition
The sea is not visible from the hills of Athole, except from the summit of Ben y' Gloe, where it can be seen to the south-east in the clearest weather. Wordsworth did not care for local accuracy in this passage. It was quite unnecessary for his purpose. Compare his account of the morning walk near Hawkshead in The Prelude, and see the Appendix-note to book iv. l. 338 (vol. iii. p. 389).—ED.