CHAPTER X 

 SMALLER LAKES. I 



BUTTERMERE, CRUMMOCK, LOWESWATER 



SEEING that these three lakes form an irregular 

 chain, it will be convenient to take them together, 

 especially as they may be fished from a common 

 centre. Buttermere (three hotels) is the best centre 

 for this purpose. 



The chief effluent of Buttermere is the infant 

 Cocker. It flows through the lake, continues 

 through a strip of meadow land, and connects 

 Buttermere with Crummock. Flowing through 

 the latter lake, it makes its exit at Scale Hill, 

 and is then a respectable trout stream well 

 stocked with fish. Continuing its course for 

 seven miles, it enters the Derwent at Cocker- 

 mouth. 



This seven miles would provide the angler with 

 a good day's fishing (there is, however, an Angling 

 Association on the way), especially if the stream 

 were swollen, when he would be certain to fill his 

 pannier with good, if somewhat small, trout. The 

 best fish, however, are caught with minnow at 

 dusk. 



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