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This station is found by observing where you have a hanging rock
over the road on the east, and an ash tree on the west side of
the road. On the opposite shore, to the left, and close by the
water's edge, are some stripes of meadow and green ground, cut
into small inclosures, with some dark-coloured houses under aged
yew trees. Two promontories project a great way into the lake;
the broadest is finely terminated by steep rocks, and crowned
with wood; and both are insulated when the lake is high. Upwards,
over a fine sheet of water, the lake is again intersected by a
far-projecting promontory, that swells into two eminences, and
betwixt them the lake is again caught, with some white houses at
the feet of the mountains. And more to the right, over another
headland, you catch a fourth view of the lake, twisting to the
north east. Almost opposite to this station, stands a house on
the crown of a rock, covered with ancient trees, that has a most
romantic appearance.
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The noble scenery increases as you ride along the banks. In some
places, bold rocks (lately covered with wood) conceal the lake
entirely, and when the winds blow, the beating of surges is heard
just under you. In other places, abrupt openings show the lake
a-new, and there, when calm, its limpid sur-
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