“As we reached the higher parts of Coltishall the mists disappeared, but as the band of devotees did not increase, we retraced our steps, returning through the mist to our ship, round which the air seemed filled with the sounds of lovers. Low whistles and suppressed laughter greeted us on all sides. Coltishall is evidently an amorous town.” ⎯On English Lagoons, Chapter XXXIII, p. 178

Trees lining the banks are reflected in the River Bure on the approach to a village, believed to be Coltishall, in the English county of Norfolk. The plate appears opposite the start of Chapter XXXIII: Descent of the Bure