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from a desire in the farmers to avail them- 
selves of the ashes of the fern, which grows 
here most luxuriantly. 
Having refreshed ourselves at Scale-hill, 
we ascended a station near the house, which 
enabled us to overlook the whole of Crum- 
mock-water, and part of Lowes-water. The 
barren mountains, which surround the former, 
rise immediately from the borders of the lake, 
and with the exception of a few patches on 
the warmer sides, have no vegetation whate- 
ver uponthem. Thislake is considered much 
deeper than the Derwent or Bassenthwaite, 
and produces the finest char. Unlike most 
others, these delicious fish forsake the shal- 
lows during the warmer months, and retreat 
to the deepest water out of the reach of nets, 
and are seldom tempted by baits of any kind. 
In the month of October, they begin to return 
to the creeks on the east side of the lake, and 
become a considerable source of profit to the 
proprietors. 
On our return to Keswick, we visited the 
extensive nursery gardens, and were much 
surprised to find, that the evergreens had sus- 
tained little injury during the uncommonly 
severe winters of 1813—14. Apples and 
pears were in great abundance, but the plum 
trees did not appear equally healthy or pro- 
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