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Title: A complete guide to the English lakes,
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Windermere: : J. Garnett. London: : Whittaker and Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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ss ofthe ascent, and the gloom of the mountain, — GreatRobinson, with its tumbling white cataract, — renderthis truly a solemn pastoral scene. At the head of thevale, it is found not to be shut in. A turn to the rightdiscloses a new landscape. A descent between greenslopes of the same character leads down directly uponButtermere. The opposite side of the hollow is formedby the mountain Whitelees. The stream at the bottomflows into Crummock Water; and the four peaks ofHigh Crag, Hayrick, High Stile, and Red Pike, areranged in front. The Lake of Buttermere and Honister Crag must beleft for another day. To-day, the turn is to the right,and not the left. The traveller may proceed alongCrummock Water either by boat or in his carriage.Or he may leave the horse to bait at Buttermere whilehe takes a boat to see Scale Force, and returns. The meadow between the two lakes is not more thana mile in extent. The walk to the boat lies throughits small patches of pasture and wooded knolls ; and a
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CKTIMMOCK WATER. 85 pretty walk it is. The path is prolonged to Scale Forceover the fields; but it is usually too swampy to beagreeable, when a boat can be had. A short row bringsthe stranger to the mouth of the stream from theforce; and he has then to walk a mile among stones,and over grass, and past an old fold. The chasmbetween two walls of rock, which are feathered withbright waving shrubs, affords a fall of 160 feet,—high enough to convert the waters into spray beforethey reach the ground. It is one of the loftiest water-falls in the country; and some think it the most elegant.There is a point of view not far off which the travellershould visit. His boat will take him to the little pro-montory below Melbreak, called Ling Crag. From200 yards, or rather more, above this, he will see twolakes and their guardian mountains to the greatestadvantage. The drive along Crummock Water is one of themost charming we know ; especially where the roadforms a terrace, overhanging the clear wate

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