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Now, as there was not a breath of air stirring, the surface of 

 the lake was so perfectly still that it became one great mirror, 

 and all its waters disappeared : the whole line of shore was 

 represented as vividly and steadily as it existed in its actual 

 being — the arch, the vale within, the single houses far within 

 the vale, the smoke from their chimneys, the farthest hills, 

 and the shadow and substance joined at their bases so in- 

 divisibly, that you could make no separation even in your 

 judgment. As I stood on the shore, heaven and the clouds 

 seemed lying under me : I was looking down into the sky, 

 and the whole range of mountains, having one line of sum- 

 mits under my feet, and another above me, seemed to be 

 suspended between the firmaments. Shut your eyes and 

 dream of a scene so unnatural and so beautiful.' 



At ©TtobJ iJP^ark J^antimg there are plenty of boats for 

 hire ; and fishing-tackle can be had of the boatmen. If it 

 is intended to fish, terms had better be settled before start- 

 ing ; all the necessary equipment for a party, including boat- 

 man, should not cost more than ten shillings per day ; for 

 a shorter time a bargain must be made. For this privi- 

 lege of fishing, however, a ticket, which costs one shil- 

 ling, must be obtained from the secretary of the Angling 

 Association. This ticket applies also to the rivers. Pike, 

 trout, and perch, abound in the lake, but not char, which 

 requires deeper water, Derwentwater only being eighty- 

 one feet in the deepest part. Its length is nearly three 

 miles; and, at its broadest points (Derwentwater Bay) a mile 

 and a fifth, thus being no yards narrower than Winan- 

 dermere at Lowwood. 



It is impossible, and we think unnecessary, to describe and 

 name the features — water, wood, and hill, — which make 

 up the various charming combinations as the boat coasts by 

 jutting promontories, and into the pretty bays : with the 



