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its parts,) and one of the most graceful that can be seen. 

 Its leap of about seventy feet, is split by a rocky protrusion, 

 and intercepted by a ledge running across ; so that there are 

 four falls, — two smaller ones above, answering precisely to 

 each other, the two larger leaps below no less exactly resem- 

 bling. The rock which parts them is feathered with foliage, 

 and so are the sides of the ravine. Below, the waters unite 

 in a basin, whence they flow down to the mill, and on in a 

 most picturesque torrent, through a part of Ambleside, and 

 into the meadows, where they make their last spring down a 

 rock near Millar Bridge, and join the Rothay about a mile 

 from the lake. 



THE BRATHAY VALLEY. 

 (7 miles.) 

 The way to the Brathay Valley is to take the road lead- 

 ing to 5?lc«tl)a2 ^ritJge (see plan), then through ©Tlappers^ 

 gate, across ^tatljag ^ritige, and the first turn to the right ; 

 this will introduce him into the valley, the leading features 

 of which are delineated in one of the drives at page 76. 

 The round, by Spy Hill and Skelwith Bridge, forms a 

 charming walk of seven miles. It is the place for the earliest 

 flowers of the spring, and distinguished by the broom grow- 

 ing thickly on the bank of the river, and yellow globe- 

 ranunculus flourishing on the rocks at the brink, or in the 

 midst of the stream. In the autumn, the side of Loughrigg, 

 which overhangs that valley, is splendid with flowering heather. 

 The opposite character of this and the sister valley is strik- 

 ing, and led to the remark of a resident of Ambleside that 

 if one wants a meditative walk in mid-winter, one goes round 

 the Brathay valley, — sure to meet nobody but the postman ; 

 whereas, if one needs recreation after a morning of study. 



