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dry weather, is issued a considerable quantity of water; but
the stones engorged by it, being enormous in magnitude,
divide the stream, and obscure it from the eye: were its
course diverted and conducted on the western side of the
gulf, to that side of the rock which is nearest the mill, it
would tumble in one unbroken sheet down to the channel
below, and thereby be rendered the most splendid waterfall
among the lakes.
No.34.
BOWDER STONE.
Bowder Stone is a mile from Grange, and five miles from
Keswick: the road from the Bridge to the Stone is under
Grange Fell on the left, and the river Derwent on the right;
and displays, in rugged grandeur, every variety of
composition capable of being produced from rocks and
mountains.
Mr. Pocklington, who is now the proprietor of Bowder Stone,
has pulled down the walls with which it was heretofore
encumbered, and thereby rendered it an excellent painter's
study.
No.35.
EAGLE CRAG, NEAR STONETHWAITE.
By Bowder Stone it is six miles from Keswick to Rosthwaite,
and seven to Stonethwaite; and that part of the river from
which this view is taken is about a mile more - making the
distance from Keswick eight miles.
Langstre is the name of the valley on the right of Eagle
Crag, and Greenup of that upon the left.
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