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towering from the valley, close the scene.
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Bowder Stone
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No. 42.
BOWDER STONE.
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.
Bowder Stone is five miles from Keswick, on the road to
Rosthwaite.
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Folly Bridge
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No. 43.
FOLLY BRIDGE, IN BORROWDALE.
The source of the river 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
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the Black Lead Mines, to Folly Bridge, which is half a mile
from Rosthwaite.
On a stone erected near this bridge, is engraved,
"I count it folly you have done,
As you have neither wife nor son."
to which, by way of answer, the following lines are added:
"Daughter I have, God give her grace,
And heaven be her seating place."
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Coom Gill
birch trees
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No. 44.
BIRCH TREES, IN COOM GILL.
Coom Gill is engulphed in fantastic scenery; a water spout,
in prodigious volume, fell, many years ago, on the mountain
above, tumbling about rocks and trees in the wildest
confusion, as may be seen by those who wish to visit Coom
Gill.
On this stream, and about two miles
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