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No.32.
DERWENT WATER, FROM LOWDORE.
Those who wish to see Derwent Water with Skiddaw for its
back-ground, through a magnificent vista of rocks, will
ascend to the top of Lowdore Waterfall; and the safest way
is to proceed from the public-house at Lowdore to the
foot-road leading to Watenlath, which leaves the Grange road
a little short of the farm-house called High Lowdore; the
road zig-zags the mountain's side, which pursue, till
Skiddaw from it is seen through the chasm, and afterwards
Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite; descend from this part of
the road to the angle of the river, and follow its course a
short distance, and the view here given will present itself
in nature. Vicar's Island and Crosthwaite Church are seen
from this place.
No.33.
LOWDORE WATERFALL.
Lowdore is three miles from Keswick. The waterfall of
Lowdore is not seen in perfection by one in a hundred of
those who visit the lakes; for it is rarely so full as to
exhibit one unbroken sheet of water; but when so, it is,
with its accompaniments, sublimely picturesque from many
points of view. The rocks are fine, and worth studying in
any season; some are almost lost in wood, whilst others
tower their grisly heads to an enormous height: one of them
rises from the margin of the waterfall, and is the grandest
object of the kind in the whole circumference of the valley;
and few, unless led to expect water, would be disappointed
with the scene before them.
The bridge here given is over the river below the waterfall.
Proceed by the Mill to a grassy bank skirted with wood, and
see this stupendous chasm, through which, even in
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