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Crag, are the Deargarth Cascades. Armboth House is
pleasantly situated on the top of a gentle eminence under
the Fells, whence the ground falls in easy slopes all round
to the water's edge: the views from the house are
commanding, and the eye rests upon the huge surfaces of
Helvellyn and the Great Dodd. Raven Crag is a mighty mass of
dark, frowning crags, that have braved the fury of many a
storm. From its foot, looking diagonally across the lake,
Dalehead Hall, amid woods of a modern growth, and, for the
first time, the summit of Helvellyn, form a magnificent
picture. Hence to the outlet of the lake, where the river
may be watched, forming still pools between low meadows of
green pasture, and stealing quietly and rather sluggishly
away to foam and chafe with the rocks and wilds of
Legberthwaite, the traveller will shortly after join the
direct road, from which he had diverged in the dreary moss
of Shoolthwaite.
From the Horse Head inn, the carriage-road winds under
Helvellyn by the margin of the lake, which it leaves by a
very steep ascent. This side of the dale presents the
sternest features, seen, too, most impressively -
' When the storm
Rides high - when all the upper air is fill'd
With roaring sound, that ceases not to flow
Like smoke, along the level of the blast.'
From the top of this hill, is that admired and magnificent
view of Legberthwaite, or, as it is frequently called, the
Vale of St. John; here is neither
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