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Page 56:-
rocky mountains. At the head of a gentle slope, with a just
elevation, a handsome modern house, Belmount, is charmingly
situated, and commands a delightful view of the lake with all its
environs. The house of Thomas Alcock Beck, Esq. is most
delightfully situated on the margin of the lake.
The fish here are perch, pike, eel, and trout. No char are found
in this lake, though it is connected with Windermere-water.
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Hawkshead to Windermere
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From Hawkshead to Ambleside, five miles: to the horse-ferry on
Windermere-water, four miles. On horseback, this latter is the
more eligible rout (sic), as it leads immediately to the centre
of the lake, where all its beauties are seen to the greatest
advantage.
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Windermere
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WINDERMERE.
Windermere-water, like that of Coniston, is viewed to the
greatest advantage by facing the mountains, which rise in
grandeur on the eye, and swell upon the imagination as they are
approached.
The road to the ferry is round the head of Esthwaite-water,
through the villages of Colthouse and Sawreys. Ascend a steep
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-- Belmount
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-- Esthwaite Water
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-- (house, Hawkshead)
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-- Hawkshead to Windermere Ferry
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-- "Windermere Water" -- Windermere
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