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Page 3:-
is about a mile, and depth nearly forty fathoms. A
strait, near
the middle of the lake, has a public ferry-boat, on the way
between Kendal and Hawkshead.
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islands
sailing
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The numerous islands, with which it is enriched, are chiefly
grouped near the middle of the lake; so as to admit
greater scope for the exercise of sailing. The
principal, called Belle-Isle - from the late Mrs. Curwen
who purchased it into the family - is a beautiful plot
of thirty acres, surmounted by a stately mansion,
and encircled by a gravel walk of nearly two miles,
which strangers are freely permitted to perambulate.
Besides this, are Crow-Holm, two Lily of the
Valley-Holms, Thompson's-Holm, House-Holm,
Hen-Holm, Lady-Holm, and Rough-Holm; and to the south of
the Ferry, Berkshire-Island, Ling-Holm,
Grass-Holm, Silver-Holm, and Blake-Holm.
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fish
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Windermere is stocked with a variety of fish, of which
char are the most esteemed. Char being taken by nets in
the winter months, are potted, and sent to different parts
of
the kingdom. The
principal feeders of the lake are the Rothay, having its source
in Grasmere; and the Brathay, issuing from Langdale. These two
rivers unite their streams about half a mile before entering the
lake; and a remarkable circumstance is, that the trout and char,
both leaving the lake about the same time to deposit their spawn,
separate themselves into the two different rivers; the trout
making choice of the Rothay, and the char the Brathay.
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-- "Belle Isle" -- Belle Isle
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-- Brathay, River
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-- Rothay, River
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-- (Windermere Ferry, Windermere)
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-- "Windermere Water" -- Windermere
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