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many ways. Otters frequent it, as do cormorants 

 throughout the year. One or more sentinel herons 

 seem never absent, and as many as eleven have 

 been counted at one time. Here their food seems 

 to consist of small eels. On Hindscarth, Gras- 

 moor, and Robinson, the mountains overlooking 

 Crummock, the rare dotterel breeds. 



Crummock may most conveniently be fished 

 from the same centres as Buttermere, and from 

 Scale Hill. 



LOWESWATER. 



Loweswater is two miles from Scale Hill and lies 

 in the valley between Blake Fell and Low Fell. 

 Its effluent flows into Crummock Lake. A road 

 skirts the lake and the best view of it is had from 

 Mellbreak. It is softer and more sylvan in 

 character than either Buttermere or Crummock, 

 and differs from the other lakes of the district in 

 having the loftiest mountain passes at its foot. 



From the head of Crummock, Loweswater is 

 three-quarters of a mile distant only ; and seeing 

 that it contains the finest trout in the whole of the 

 district, it will be a little exasperating to the angler 

 to be told that the lake is private and the fishing 

 strictly preserved. 



Loweswater contains trout, pike and perch. 



Char have been introduced from Crummock and 

 elsewhere, but it is doubtful whether any char 

 remain to-day. This is probably owing to the fact 

 that the lake is comparatively shallow, containing 

 as it does a good deal of sub-aqueous vegetation. 



This, and the great abundance of food in the 

 lake, probably accounts for the large size of the 



