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No.36.
LANGTHWAITE BRIDGE.
The source of the stream passing under this bridge is in
Sprinkling Tarn, which descending the mountain Sprinkling,
unites itself with Sty Head Tarn, and having reached the
valley, winds between the village of Seathwaite and the
black lead mines to Langthwaite Bridge, which is a quarter
of a mile from Rosthwaite.
No.37.
STOCKLEY BRIDGE.
This is the last bridge in Borrowdale, on the road from
Rosthwaite to Wasdale Head, and it is over a gill tumbling
down the southern side of the mountain Sprinkling, which
mountain is the back-ground of this scene.
No.38.
HONISTER CRAG.
A morning's ride from Keswick, presenting many extraordinary
changes, is by passing Lowdore and Bowder Stone to
Rosthwaite, and from Rosthwaite by Seat Oller, under
Honister Crag in Gatesgarthdale, to Buttermere, and from
Buttermere returning through the vale of Newlands to Keswick
- a round of about 22 miles.
This view of Honister Crag is from the stream which passes
from the head of Gatesgarthdale to Buttermere, and below the
road a little after its having left the summit of the pass.
Honister Crag, almost perpendicular, seems, from the bottom
of the valley, to overhang its base, and is a precipice of
extraordinary magnificence: but from this rugged front is
derived a slate as smooth and valuable as any other in the
island.
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