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intermixture of native wood; here are beds of luxuriant
fern, aged hawthorns, and hollies decked with honeysuckles;
and fallow-deer glancing and bounding over the lawns and
through the thickets. These are the attractions of the
retired views, or constitute a foreground for ever-varying
pictures of the majestic Lake, forced to take a winding
course by bold promontories, and environed by mountains of
sublime form, towering above each other. At the outlet of
Gowbarrow Park, we reach a third stream, which flows through
a little recess called Glencoin, where lurks a single house,
yet visible from the road. Let the Artist or leisurely
Traveller turn aside to it, for the buildings and objects
around them are romantic and picturesque. Having passed
under the steeps of Styebarrow Crag, and the remains of its
native woods, at Glenridding Bridge, a fourth stream is
crossed.
The opening on the side of Ullswater Vale, down which this
Stream flows, is adorned with fertile fields, cottages, and
natural groves, that agreeably unite with the transverse
views of the Lake; and the Stream, if followed up after the
enclosures are left behind, will lead along bold
water-breaks and waterfalls to a silent Tarn in the recesses
of Helvellyn. This desolate spot was formerly haunted by
eagles, that built in the precipice which forms its western
barrier. These birds used to wheel and hover round the head
of the solitary angler. It also derives a melancholy
interest
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