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LOWES-WATER.
Proceed from the bridge, by High-cross, to Lowes-water. Having
passed through a gate that leads to the common, the lake spreads
out before you, a mile in length, and of an equal breadth of
about a quarter of a mile. The extremities are rivals in beauty
of hanging woods, little groves, and waving inclosures, with
farms seated in the sweetest points of view. The south end is
overlooked by lofty Mellbreak, at whose foot, a white house
within some grass inclosures, under a few trees, stands in the
point of beauty. The eastern shore is open, and indented with
small bays; but the opposite side is more pleasing. Carling knot
presents a broad pyramidal front, of swift ascent, covered with
soft vegetation, and spotted with many aged solitary thorns. On
each side the outlines wave upwards in the finest manner,
terminating in a cone of grey rocks, patched with verdure.
This lake, in opposition to all the others, has its course from
north to south, and under Mellbreak falls into Cromack-water. It
is of no great depth, and without char; but it abounds with pike
and perch, and has some trout.
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