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among such scenes as approach the nearest in likeness, and the
agreement between such as appear most discordant, than to be
informed of them. This sport of fancy, and exercise of taste,
arising from self-information, has the greatest effect on the
mind, and the province of the guide is chiefly to point out the
station, and leave to the company the enjoyment of reflection,
and the pleasures of the imagination.
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Return to the gate, and enter the inclosure. Proceed, as soon as
you can, to the right, having the wall at some distance, till you
arrive at the brink of a green precipice; there you will be
entertained with the noise of the rapid Greta (roaring through a
craggy channel) that, in a run of two miles, exhibits an uncommon
appearance, forming twelve or more of the finest bends and
serpentine curves that ever fancy pencilled. The point for
viewing this uncommon scene, is directly above the bridge, which
hangs gracefully over the river. The town of Keswick appears no
where to greater advantage than from this station. Helvellyn, in
front, overlooks a vast range of varied hills, whose rocky sides
are rent with many fissures, the paths of so many rills and
roaring cataracts, that echo through the vales, and swell the
general torrent. To the east, Cross-fell is discerned
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