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[pictu]resque, and indeed the artist may here enrich his
portfolio with several choice studies. A chapel of ease is
placed here, totally devoid of a single charm. Follow the
higher road of the two, to Keswick, because its elevation
gives a greater command over the details of the valley, and
a peep of the lake. You come into the low road, where a
branch leads off to the church, which is old and was built
about 1471, on the margin of the lake, not far from the
promontories of Bradness and Scarness. On the direct road to
Keswick, on the right, is Mirehouse, the seat of J.
Spedding, Esq. enveloped in woods. The upper end of
Bassenthwaite has been said to bear some resemblance to the
Lake of Como. It may be worth while to divert to Millbeck,
which is situated on the left in one of those deep gullies
in the front of Skiddaw. Derwent Water is seen from it to
great advantage, with some pleasing foregrounds that are not
always to be had, at least such as are suitable and
appropriate. Hence to Keswick the return is through the open
vale. From the stone stile leading over the fields, the
church, with the Newlands mountains behind, is a pleasing
object.
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The next ramble we shall take is not so extensive, and is
comprehended within the last, like a small circle in a
larger, touching only at the common point at Keswick.
Passing over the same ground, then, till he reaches
Rosthwaite, the observant tourist will discover many new
objects to amuse that had escaped
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