|
|
|
Page 164:-
'The approach to the lake is very picturesque; you pass between
two high ridges of mountains, the banks finely spread with
inclosures; upon the right, two small beautiful hills, one of
them covered with wood; they are most pleasantly elegant. The
lake is a small one, above three miles long, half a mile over in
places, and a quarter in others; almost divided in the middle by
a promontory of inclosures, joined only by a strait, so that it
consists of two sheets of water. The upper end of it is fine,
quite inclosed with bold, steep craggy rocks and mountains; and
in the centre of the end, a few little inclosures at their feet,
waving upward in a very beautiful manner. The south side of the
lake is a noble ridge of mountains, very bold and prominent down
to the water's edge. They bulge out in the centre of a fine,
bold, pendant, broad head, that is venerably magnificent: and the
view of the first sheet of the lake, losing itself in the second,
among hills, rocks, woods, &c. is picturesque. The opposite shore
consists of inclosures, rising one above another, and crowned
with craggy rocks [1].
The narrowest part, by report, is 50 fathoms deep, and a man may
throw a stone across it. Thwaite-force or fall, is a fine
cataract on the
|
