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[sin]gle sheet, - magnificent indeed, but seemingly perused
in a moment! From Blowick a narrow track conducts along the
craggy side of Place-fell, richly adorned with juniper, and
sprinkled over with birches, to the village of Sandwyke, a
few straggling houses, that with the small estates attached
to them, occupy an opening opposite to Lyulph's Tower and
Gowbarrow Park. In Martindale,* the road loses sight
of the Lake, and leads over a steep hill, bringing you again
into view of Ullswater. Its lowest reach, four miles in
length, is before you; and the view terminated by the long
ridge of Cross Fell in the distance. Immediately under the
eye is a deep-indented bay, with a plot of fertile land,
traversed by a small brook, and rendered cheerful by two or
three substantial houses of a more ornamented and showy
appearance than is usual in those wild spots.
From Pooley Bridge, at the foot of the Lake, Haweswater may
be conveniently visited. Haweswater is a lesser Ullswater,
with this advantage, that it remains undefiled by the
intrusion of bad taste.
Lowther Castle is about four miles from Pooley Bridge, and,
if during this Tour the Stranger has complained, as he will
have had reason to do, of a want of majestic trees, he may
be abundantly recompensed for his loss in the far-spreading
woods which surround
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