button to main menu  Beauties of the North, p.11
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that above described. Windsor Crag is a name common to the promontory, and a house sheltered beyond the ash trees; the foot of Bonus Knott is seen on the left.

BASSENTHWAITE LAKE, from Withop Wood.

Dodd, a conical mountain, at the foot of Skiddaw, presents itself first to the eye, as sharing the greatest quantity of space, in the middle distance of this view; Wallow Crag is beyond the figures, between which Dodd, Hellvellyn, blue by distance, ends the prospect.

WITHBURN WATER, WITH HELLVELLYN.

Withburn Water, or Leath's Water, so called from a family of the latter name, who have long resided at Dale-Head, a venerable edifice on the banks of the lake.
This view is taken from the foot of the water, and exhibits on its banks lands the property of Mr. Leath, where his seat is delightfully reposed amongst woods and scattered trees. Hellvellyn, one of the most celebrated mountains in England, swells the distance into grandeur, and a chain of rocks, softened by distance, verging from this sovereign mountain, carry the eye to the boundaries of Grasmere.

NOOK HOUSE, near Keswick.

Skiddaw is the distant object in this view.

LOWDORE WATERFALL.

Did this cascade frequently exhibit as much water, as artists usually give it in their views, with the scenery by which it is surrounded, it would be, perhaps, the most desirable study of this kind in the kingdom; but, notwithstanding that the dryest seasons afford a considerable quantity of water, the immense stones in the chasm obscure it to the eye. After violent rains it is sublimely picturesque from an almost infinite variety of stations.
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