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long ascent between Robinson and Whiteless Hill. These
mountains present nothing but endless grassy slopes, which
is the characteristic of the scenery all the way till you
get down to Keskadale, the first houses in Newlands. The
views in this valley are chiefly of a rural description,
adorned with all the beauties of luxuriant nature, and
decorated with wood. The mountains are beautiful and
picturesque in their forms, generally green to their
summits, looking down upon comfortable houses, seated amid
enclosures of emerald verdancy, irrigated and refreshed by
gentle streams, now lost amidst the luxuriant growth of
leafy trees, now betraying themselves by their bright
sparkling. On the right, a fine branch of this vale extends
to Dale Head, guarded on the south by Maiden Moor and High
Crag, on the north by Goldscope and Hindsgarth. At Stony
Croft Bridge the road turns on the left to Cockermouth; and
at Stair Mill is the way to Newlands chapel, which is under
Crossthwaite. A rude bridge here forms a picture with Causey
Pike. The traveller will now get a pretty glimpse of
Bassenthwaite, screened by Barrow and Swinside, with Caer
Mot in the distance. Between Foe Park and Swinside is a
retrospective view, beautiful and grand, of Newlands.
Through Portinscale we shall again arrive at Keswick, of
which we must now prepare ourselves to take leave.
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