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Page 10:-
water here is embayed, Peel island stretches boldly to the
western shore, beyond which, are green fields, scattered
woods and rocks, fishermen's cottages and farm-steads, and
the awful Man-mountain rising over them, and shutting in the
scene. On this side, the middle portion of the road is the
least interesting. Towards the head, Coniston Hall, with its
aged sycamores and groves of trees, form a charming picture,
amid the hedge-rows and dependent farm-steads. From Tent
Lodge, once the residence of Miss Elizabeth Smith, (that
excellent Hebrew scholar and poetess,) there is a beautiful
view of the lake, with its church and village of Coniston on
its opposite side, backed by an intermixture of the
Coniston, Yewdale, and Tilberthwaite mountains.
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Coniston
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Should the tourist adopt the plan recommended in the
introduction, of occasionally prolonging his stay at places
whose neighbourhood present objects worthy of such delay,
Coniston Hall will at once detain him, since the following
excursions cannot but give great satisfaction:-
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Old Man of Coniston
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ASCENT OF THE OLD MAN.
This almost peerless mountain rises majestically on the west
side of the lake, having, at its base, the sweet village of
Coniston, its groves and green fields. On one side the
ascent is gradual from the base to the summit; on the other,
a secondary mountain rises steep and rugged, its point
heaped
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-- "Coniston Water" -- Coniston Water
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-- "Coniston Old Man" -- Old Man of Coniston, The
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-- Coniston Water circuit
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-- "Tent Lodge" -- Tent LodgeTent Lodge
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