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the lake, the emerald green summit of which 

 is so conspicuous and beautiful in sunshine, 

 is Angle-fell, so called from the goodness 

 of the fishing-ground below, where, projecting 

 into the water, is a rock called " Angle-stone." 

 That distant mountain overtopping the others, 

 rising column-like, is the well-known " Pillar." 

 That one of more massive form is Green Grable. 

 Those others are High Fell, Hardess, and Bow- 

 ness-knot. 



AMICTJS. What is that midway in the Lake, 

 where it is narrowest, between Angle-fell and 

 the opposite promontory? Is it a boat or a 

 rock? 



PISCATOK. Indeed, it resembles a boat, and 

 at a distance may well be mistaken for one ; 

 but it is no such thing ; neither is it a rock ; 

 in brief, it is a puzzle, for it is a collection of 

 water-worn stones, the largest not exceeding 

 a man's head in size. Judging from the ap- 

 pearance, you would say surely it must be 

 artificial, the work of man; yet there is no 

 tradition in the country that a single stone 

 was ever conveyed to the spot by man; and 

 then the improbability of forming an islet 

 of stones in the middle of this lake is so great 



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