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single trees are picturesque, and associate well in
composition with the distances: Bonus Knot, a mountain mass
of rugged rock, is the side screen on the left, but this is
contrasted by the western boundary, which, excepting at
Anglingstone, is something smooth and uniform in its height
all the way up the side of the lake: Among the mountains at
the head of the water, are the Pillar and the Steeple.
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There is a carriage road from Keswick round Bassenthwaite
Water, and it is not of much importance which side of the
lake is first travelled; the Bassenthwaite side of the road
is between Skiddaw and the lake, and cannot be mistaken; and
either looking forward or backward the scenes are good,
though not so great as those in some other parts of the
country. The borders of the lake abound in rich inclosures,
scattered over with a luxuriance of trees. - Withop woods
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mass in a firm and grand manner as seen from this side of
the water; the road passes by Bassenthwaite Halls, a few
houses so called, to Ouse Bridge between Armathwaite Hall,
the seat of Sir Frederick Vane, Bart. and the lake. - Ouse
Bridge is over the river Derwent, and at the foot of the
lake. From Armathwaite hall, the view down the lake is
exquisite in its kind, but Helvellyn, by being removed ten
miles from the eye, is not remarkable in its features as one
of the component parts of this picture. - From Ouse Bridge,
the road is by Peterhow, a rock covered with woods, to the
margin of the lake on the western side; and Skiddaw is a
fine object for a few miles, though exhibiting a very
different face from that assumed on Derwent Water: Dodd,
sometimes called Skiddaw's Cub, with the low-lands at the
head of the water out-distanced by the mountains of St.
John's, make a good picture from the
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