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Strangers who arrive untired generally go to the Ghyll while
their ham and eggs are preparing. The green path on the hill
side will be pointed out from the farm: and the traveller
must take care not to make for the waterfall he sees in
front. The path he wants tends to the left, till it reaches
a fence and gate, when it turns sharp to the right; after
which there is no possibility of losing the way. It
presently joins the stream from the force, which leads up
into a deep and dark fissure,- "Dungeon" and "Ghyll" both
meaning a fissure. There is a well secured ladder, by which
ladies easily descend to the mouth of the chasm; and when
they have caught sight of the fall, they can please
themselves about scrambling any further. There is the fall
in its cleft, tumbling and splashing, while the light ash,
and all the vegetation besides is everlastingly in motion
from the stir of the air. Above, a bridge is made, high
aloft, by the lodgment of a block in the chasm. The finest
season for visiting this force is in a summer afternoon.
Then the sun streams in obliquely,
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