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Page iii:-
INTRODUCTION.
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introduction
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location
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THE Lake district extends over a portion of the three
counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, being
bounded on the south and west by the sea, which combines
beautifully from many elevated points with the inland
scenery, and occupying an area of about thirty miles in
diameter. It consists of large masses or clusters of
mountains, generally terminating in one aspiring and
pre-eminent point, with the intermediate valleys occupied
either by lakes and their subsidiary tarns, or by winding
rivers.
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mountains
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The chief nuclei of these clusters are, Skiddaw and
Blencathra, Helvellyn, Fairfield, Coniston Old Man,
Blackcomb, Scafell, Gable, Red Pike, Grasmoor, Grisdale
Pike, and the Langdale Pikes. Many noble and commanding
mountains rise around these, rivalling them in height and
grandeur, but still
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-- "Blackcomb" -- Black Combe
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-- "Cumberland" -- Cumberland
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-- "Fairfield" -- Fairfield
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-- "Grasmoor" -- Grasmoor
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-- "Gable" -- Great Gable
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-- "Grisdale Pike" -- Grisedale Pike
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-- "Helvellyn" -- Helvellyn
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-- "Langdale Pikes" -- Langdale Pikes
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-- "Coniston Old Man" -- Old Man of Coniston, The
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-- "Red Pike" -- Red Pike
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-- "Blencathra" -- Saddleback
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-- "Scafell" -- Sca Fell
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-- "Skiddaw" -- Skiddaw
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-- "Westmorland" -- Westmorland
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