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Page 27:-
the hilly ground above Grathwaite: Third, northward up the lake to the Rydal mountains. Here Dove Nest is a pretty object, and the Pike of Wansfell is seen rising over Calgarth, which is on the banks of the water.
Windermere being so extensive, cannot be thoroughly examined from any one point; the Ferry Inn and Bowness, Low Wood Inn and Ambleside, are the most favourable resting-places, from whence its varied scenes of beauty, grandeur, and sublimity, may be contemplated. Newby Bridge, also, is a delightful situation at the foot, seated under a wooded hill of considerable elevation. The Leven is a noble stream, and higher up above the bridge, gradually widens in sportive curves and charming little bays. At Fellfoot, encompassed by majestic woods, the Coniston mountains peer above the lake. Hence the road skirts Gunner's How past Trover Wood, a little beyond which, Curwen's Island appears as united to both sides, and thus cutting the lake into two parts; beyond is Calgarth, and the distant mountains of Fairfield, Scandale, Coldale, and Hill Bell. Nearer the spectator, stands Storrs Hall, on a far stretching promontory; and on the opposite side the pretty projecting woodlands of the Ferry-Point and Berkshire Islands. The scenery from Bellman Ground exceeds that from any other place south of the island. Storrs Hall, the Rectory, the Ferry House, the Little Islands, Bowness and the elegant winding shores up to Ambleside, and the Rydal
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