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through a charming wood, with the water dashing and brawling
further and further below, till his ear catches the sound of
the fall: and presently after, the track turns to the left,
and brings him to a rocky station whence he has a full view
of the force. It is the fashion to speak lightly of this
waterfall,- it being within half-a-mile of the inn, and so
easily reached; but it is, in our opinion, a very remarkable
fall, (from the symmetry of its parts,) and one of the most
graceful that can be seen. Its leap, of about seventy feet,
is split by a rocky protrusion, and intercepted by a ledge
running across; so that there are four falls, - two smaller
ones above, answering precisely to each other, and two
larger leaps below, no less exactly resembling. The rock
which parts them is feathered with foliage; and so are the
sides of the ravine. Below, the waters unite in a rocky
basin, whence they flow down to the mill, and on in a most
picturesque torrent, through a part of Ambleside, and into
the meadows, where they make their last spring down a rock
near Millar Bridge, and join the Rothay about a mile from
the lake.
Supposing the excursion to Patterdale to be left for another
day, the stranger will see, after turning into the Ambleside
road from Bowness, first, Ibbotsholme, on the right, the
residence of Samuel Taylor, Esq., just beyond Troutbeck
Bridge. Presently, he will pass on the left hand, the gate
of Calgarth, Bishop Watson's house, now inhabited by Edward
Swinburne, Esq. Ecelerigg, the residence of Rd. Luther
Watson, Esq., comes next: and then Lowwood Inn, Dove's Nest,
and Wansfell Holme, and, on the opposite shore, Wray
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