136 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



Rydalmere is the private property of Mr. H. 

 Le Fleming (the lord of the manor), but permission 

 is given to fish. This, too, applies to the boats. 



As in the case of Grasmere, Rydal contains trout, 

 pike and perch. The trout are large, but not 

 numerous ; and the pike and perch attain to a fair 

 size and give good sport. 



Of the two lakes this is probably the better 

 stocked. Since a considerable portion of the lake 

 is comparatively shallow, persistent netting and re- 

 stocking would convert it into splendid trout 

 ground. After running through Grasmere, the 

 Rothay flows through Rydal lake and on into 

 Windermere, consequently a good many fish 

 spawn in it. The lake is 181 feet above sea- 

 level. 



" Here you see the mountains in magnificent composition, 

 and craggy coppices with intervening green fields shelving 

 down to the green margin. Rydal is a small lake, not 

 much more than a mile round, and of a very peculiar 

 character. It has a reedy inlet and outlet, and the angler 

 thinks of pike when he looks upon such harbours. The 

 heronry on the high pine-trees of the island connects the 

 scene with the ancient park of Rydal, whose oak woods 

 although thinned and decayed, still preserve the majestic 

 and venerable character of antiquity and baronial state."- 

 PROFESSOR WILSON. 



In winter Rydal affords magnificent skating, and 

 is courteously thrown open to the public. 



HAWESWATER 



Haweswater (344 acres), which may be described 

 as on the confines of the Lake District, is (perhaps 

 with the exception of Ennerdale) the least known 

 and least visited of all the English lakes, It is 



