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No. 8.
BARK MILL, AMBLESIDE.
The Mills in Ambleside are four, namely, a corn mill, a bark
mill, a woollen factory, and a turnery of wood and ivory;
they are all upon Stock Gill.
Stock Gill arises in the screes on the side of Scandale
fell, not far from Kirkstone, and running west of the high,
middle, and low groves, passes through Ambleside near the
Salutation inn, and joins the Rothay a quarter of
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a mile below the town, and about four miles from its source.
The finest part of Stock Gill is comprehended between the
woollen mill and Stock Gill Force, a distance of little more
than half a mile, though on some parts of the stream above
the force there are pretty spots not unworthy an artist's
attention. At every step from the bridge to the waterfall,
the river and its appendages exhibit either good
compositions or rich detached pieces for the embellishment
of landscape; the materials are beautifully transparent,
water rolling along the rocky bed of the river in every
variety of shape; and often displaying to the eye the
prettiest of waterfalls; the margin of the stream is
sometimes low, but often steep and grassy banks, or bold
projecting rocks, rise to a great height, and are
luxuriantly cloathed with grand and picturesque trees, fern,
moss, and various other vegetation.
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