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vol.2 p.51
... and Ulleswater may all be called boundary-lakes.
One end of each participates more of the rugged country; and
the other of the cultivated: tho each end participates, in
some degree, of both. A few traits of romantic scenery are
added to the tameness of one end; while the native horror of
the other is softened by a few chearful appendages.
The form of Ulleswater resembles a Z; only there is no
angular acuteness in it's line. It spreads every where in an
easy curve; beautifully broken in some parts by
promontories.- The middle reach contains in length near two
thirds of the lake. The southern side is mountainous; and
becomes more so, as it verges towards the west. As the
mountains approach the north, they glide (as we have see is
usual in boundary-lakes) into meadows
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