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[atten]tion; but rather such as may be distinctly known and
properly appreciated. It must not be expected that objects at
fifty miles distance, should appear as distinct as these near at
hand; indeed it often happens, that they cannot be seen at all,
though the air to a moderate distance seems remarkably clear; yet
still, a person who sets out with a disposition to be pleased,
will, on any tolerably fine day, be sufficiently compensated for
his trouble; and the more the distant objects are veiled from
view, the higher will the nearer ones rise in estimation.
One of the most vexatious circumstances, and which not
unfrequently happens, is to meet with a small cap of cloud upon
the summit, that entirely excludes all prospect from thence; in
such a case the party - if on foot and not over timid - ought to
be conducted from the south end of the ridge downwards about 600
feet to a part of the mountain called Carlside, where most of the
objects may be seen that should have been visible from the
summit, and the homeward journey by the hamlet of Millbeck not at
all lengthened - only in parts steeper. By deviating from
Carlside tarn, along the ridge to the point of Hullock, the city
of Carlisle may just be seen; and an unrivalled view of
Bassenthwaite lake. A party on horseback might go a little to the
northward from the summit, make their descent into the valley of
Bassenthwaite, and after refreshing at the Castle Inn, return to
Keswick on the western side of the Lake.
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