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vol.1 p.192
water in opposition can hardly produce a more animated
strife. The ground at the bottom is also very much broken,
and over-grown with trees, and thickets;amongst which the
water is swallowed up into an abyss; and at length finds
it's way, through deep channels, into the lake. We
dismounted, and got as near as we could: but were not able
to approach so near, as to look into the woody chasm, which
receives the fall.
Having viewed this grand piece of natural ruin, we proceeded
in our rout towards the mountains of Borrodale; and shaping
our course along the southern shores of the lake, we came to
the river Derwent, which is a little to the west of Lodoar.
These two rivers, the Lodoar, and the Derwent, furnish the
chief supplies of Derwentwater. But those of the latter are
much ampler. The Lodoar accordingly is lost in the lake:
while the Derwent, first giving it's name to it, retains
it's own to the sea.
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