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[estab]lishment of sheds, shops and offices, clustered at
the upper end of a basin among the hills. If the traveller
desires to explore the mines, he can descend on that side of
the mountain. Meantime, looking abroad from his perch, he
sees, (beginning from Gait's Tarn) Devoke Water, in a line
with Gait's Tarn, to the west. It is said that the trout in
that lake are the best known; and tradition declares that
the comfortable abbots of Furness imported them from Italy.
There is a fine stretch of sea visible, with the Isle of
Man, conspicuous in good weather. We need not recapitulate
the names of the chief mountains. Suffice it that
Ingleborough is visible in one direction, and Lancaster
Castle again in another; and in clear weather, Snowdon. The
number of tarns within view is remarkable. We have mentioned
Gait's Tarn and Low Water. Beyond the latter lies Seathwaite
Tarn, whence the infant Duddon issues. Stickle Tarn is
conspicuous, lying under Pavey Ark. In a hollow of the
mountain, on its north-east side, lies Lowes Water. Only the
nearer lakes are seen; but there is a glorious stretch of
sea; and, when the estuaries are full, the coast is a
beautiful spectacle. The shores of Coniston and Windermere,
studded with woods and dwellings, are the nearer beauties.
The finest descent, though the longest, is by the ridge of
Wetherlam, above Levers Water, descending into
Tilberthwaite, and returning to Coniston through Yewdale,
noticed at p.27.
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