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Page 85:-
pretty walk it is. The path is prolonged to Scale Force over
the fields; but it is usually too swampy to be agreeable,
when a boat can be had. A short row brings the stranger to
the mouth of the stream from the force; and he has then to
walk a mile among stones, and over grass, and past an old
fold. The chasm between two walls of rock, which are
feathered with bright waving shrubs, affords a fall of 160
feet,- high enough to convert the waters into spray before
they reach the ground. It is one of the loftiest water-falls
in the country; and some think it the most elegant. There is
a point of view not far off which the traveller should
visit. His boat will take him to the little promontory below
Melbreak, called Ling Crag. From 200 yards, or rather more,
above this, he will see two lakes and their guardian
mountains to the greatest advantage.
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Crummock Water
Scale Hill Inn
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The drive along Crummock Water is one of the most charming
we know; especially where the road forms a terrace,
overhanging the clear waters, and sweeping round Rannersdale
Knot. Melbreak fills up the opposite shore, with its
isolated bulk; and Red Pike discloses its crater; both being
streaked with red and lead-coloured screes, and tracts of
bright verdure and darker moss. On the side where the road
is, Whitelees, Grassmoor, and Whiteside rear their swelling
masses; and the road winds pleasantly among fields and
meadows, till it passes behind the Lanthwaite Woods, and
turns down, in full view of the rich Vale of Lorton, to
Scale Hill Inn. That best and most home-like of inns should
be the traveller's resting
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-- "Scale Hill Inn" -- (inn, Scale Hill)
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-- "Melbreak" -- Mellbreak
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-- Red Pike
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-- Cockermouth to Buttermere
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-- Scale Force
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