CATARACTS, AND INUNDATIONS. 



Brougham-Castle, Mr. Brown's large new house; crossed the Eden 

 and the Eitnot (pronounce F.eman) with its green vale, and dined at 

 three o'clock with Mrs. Buchanan at Penritli, on trout and partridge. 

 In the afternoon walked up Beacon-hill, a mile to the top, and could 

 see Uiswater through an opening in the bosom of that cluster of 

 broken mountains, which the doctor well remembers, Whinfield and 

 Lowther P^rks, &c. and the craggy tops of an hundred nameless 

 hills : these lie to the west and south. To the north a great extent 

 of black and dreary plains. To the east, Cross-fell, just visible 

 through mists and vapours hovering round it. 



Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm and mild, 

 went to see t Iswater, five miles distant ; soon left the Keswick-road, 

 and turned to the left through shady lanes along the vale of Eeman, 

 which runs rapidly on near the way, ripling over the stones; to the 

 right is Delmaine, a large fabric of pale red stone, with nine win- 

 dows in front and seven on the side, built by Mr. Hassle, behind it 

 a fine lawn surrounded by woods, and a long rocky eminence rising 

 over them : a clear and brisk rivulet runs by the house to join the 

 Eeman, whose course is in sight and at a small distance. Farther 

 on appears Hatton St. John, a castle-like old mansion of Mr. Hud- 

 dleston. Approached Dunmallert, a fine pointed hill covered with 

 wood, planted by old Mr. Hassle before-mentioned, who lives al- 

 ways at home, arid delights in planting. Walked over a spungy 

 meadow or two, and began to mount the hill through a broad 

 straight green alley among the trees, and with some toil gained the 

 summit. From hence saw the lake opening directly at my feet, 

 majestic in its calmness, clear and smooth as a blue mirror, with 

 winding shores and low points of land covered with green inclo- 

 sures, white farm-houses looking out among the trees, and cattle 

 feeding. The water is almost every where bordered with cultivated 

 lands, gently sloping upwards from a mile to a quarter of a mile in 

 breadth, till they leach the feet of the mountains, which rise very 

 rude and awful with their broken tops on either hand. Directly in 

 front, at better than three miles distance, Place-Fell, one of the 

 bravest among them, pushes its bold broad breast into the midst of 

 the lake, and forces it to alter its course, forming first a large bay 

 to the left, and then bending to the right. I descended Dunmallert 

 aiiiii by a side avenue, that was only not perpendicular, and came 

 to Barton-bridge over the Eeman, then walking through a path iu 



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