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them. They are within the park, and cannot be 

 seen without a guide : but some one is 



RTDAL FALLS. alwayg t() b g f()und ^ Qne of fl^ tw0 



guides' cottages on the ascent of the hill. The 

 upper fall is the finest, in the eyes of those who 

 prefer the most natural accessaries of a cascade; 

 but the lower is the one generally represented by 

 artists, — the summer-house from which it is viewed 

 affording a fine picture-frame, and the basin of 

 rock, and the bridge above, constituting in truth 

 a very perfect picture. When there is a dash of 

 sunshine on the verdure, behind and under the 

 bridge, to contrast with the shadowy basin and 

 pool of the fall, the subject is tempting enough to 

 the artist. 



These falls seen, the tourist need alight from his 

 car no more, for he is only a mile and a half from 

 Ambleside. He presently passes Pel- 

 ter Bridge, which spans the Rothay 

 on the right. That is the way to Fox 

 How, — the grey house embosomed in trees, — at 

 the foot of Loughrigg. He must not mistake for 

 it the gem of a house that he sees, — the cream- 

 coloured one, veiled in roses, with the conservatories 

 beside it, just under the wooded precipice : that is 

 Fox Ghyll. To the left there are good views of 

 Rydal Park. Approaching Ambleside, the first 

 house to the left is Lesketh How : the white house 

 to the right is Tranby Lodge : and the house on 

 the rising ground behind the chapel is The Knoll. 

 The gates on the left are those of Green Bank : and 

 the pretty cottage next reacted on the same side 

 is called Low Nook. The stream to the right is 

 the Stock, making its way to the river : and the 



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