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and more cultivation appears. On the western margin stands the
lady of the lake, Coniston-hall, concealed in a grove of tall
trees, and above it, the village of the same name. The hall has
only changed masters twice since the conquest, and has belonged
to the family of Fleming most of time.
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STATION III. After crossing the common where grows a picturesque
yew tree on the right hand, and a small peninsula rushes into the
lake on the left, crowned with a single tree, enter the grove,
and pass a gate, and bridge that crosses a small rivulet. Look
for a fragment of dark-colored rock on the margin of the water,
and near it will be found the best stand for the artist to take
the finest view on the lake. Looking across the lake, by the
south end of the grove that conceals Coniston-hall, and over the
cultivated tract that rises behind it, between two swells of
rocks, a cataract will meet the eye, issuing from the bosom of
the mountains. The side ground on the right is a wooded, sloping
rock, and over it the road is catched slanting along. The near
foreground is the greatest extent of the lake; and behind the
immediate mountains, the Westmorland fells are seen towering to
the clouds. This station will be found, by company coming down
the lake, at the
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