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an eminence, a little behind Rayrig [1], there is a fine view of
the northern extremity of the lake. As you proceed along the
banks, every step has importance, and the prospect becomes more
and more august, exhibiting much variety of Appenine grandeur.
Langdale-pikes, that guard the pass into Borrowdale on this side
of the Yoak, and spiral Hill-bell; the overhanging crags of lofty
Rainsbarrow; the broken ridge of Redscrees, Fairfield, and
Scrubby-crag (on whose precipitous front the eagle builds his
nest, secure from the envious shepherds of the vale) with a chaos
of other nameless mountains, are all in sight.
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