William Green's Sixty Small Prints, page
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From Hawkshead proceed down the western side of the Water, and pass Esthwaite Hall: the road here divides; that on the right leads to Ulverstone, and the left either to the Ferry House or round Esthwaite Water. Ascend the Ulverstone road about two hundred yards, to the common's boundary on the left, and from the trees near that boundary see the promontory before spoken of, and Esthwaite Hall between it and the eye. Each side the lake, as seen from this place, is environed with meadow and pasture ground pleasantly wooded; the lands at the head of the lake are of the same character, only diversified by villages peeping from amongst groves of trees: the scene is closed, though at a great distance, by the lofty mountains of Grasmere, Rydal, and Ambleside. No.6. HEAD OF WINDERMERE, FROM LOW WOOD. Ambleside is not a mile north of the head of Windermere. Ambleside is 16 miles from Keswick, 40 from Whitehaven, 10 from Ulls Water, 25 from Penrith, 14 from Kendal, 6 from Bowness, 5 from Hawkshead, 8 from Coniston Waterhead, and 21 miles from Ulverstone. Windermere is the largest lake in England, being twelve miles long; about the head it is considerably more than a mile in breadth, and between the head and the islands, which are about half way down the Water, it is seldom less than a mile; but it narrows gradually from the islands to Newby Bridge, which lies at the foot of the lake. The lands on the immediate borders of Windermere are fertile and richly decorated with a profusion of fine trees, many of which are of stately growth, and so disposed, either by chance or intention, as to produce not only the grandest assemblages of massy woods, but sprinklings in every imaginable and tasteful variety. Some of the highest mountains in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, are seen from Windermere, but at such a distance from it, as to be objects rather of beauty than sublimity. The mountains of Coniston, Langdale, |
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