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This being thought less interesting than most of the other lakes,
is often reserved to the last; but some have remarked that it
ought to be visited first, or before the imagination became too
much elated by the more prominent features of the other lakes.
However tourists who prefer an easy journey, will find objects to
please, in a perambulation of 18 miles round this lake. On the
western side the road is much improved, and rendered very
commodious for travelling; it is some parts enclosed in woods, in
others opening to excellent views. There is a public-house at
Peel Wyke on the western side, another at Castle Inn on the
eastern. The road at the foot of the lake is much encumbered by
trees; but by walking a few paces through a gate, nearly opposite
Armathwaite Hall, the prospect from the margin of the lake is
extensive; and the botanist may perhaps find something worth his
notice. On the eastern side, the traveller would sometimes wish
for a nearer approach to the lake; but few would think themselves
repaid for the trouble of visiting West's stations on the
promontories of Broadness and Scarness.
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