OF THE WATERS, ji 



beck, the Coquet, the Aln, and the Tweed, enter like fovereigns 

 into the ocean with their tributaries, and all, but the Coquet, 

 receive mips into their bofom with great pomp. 



Our Lakes or Loughs of principal note are, 



Crag 

 Greenley 



Sweethope 

 Belfay 



Little Cow , Preftwick 



Bromley ^Lake. War plvm1p >Lake - 



Halypike 

 Grunden 

 Shilden. 



Harebottle 



Newharn 



Kim-mere 



Crag-Lake, fo called from its fituation under a range of fteep 

 rocks of whin-Hone on the north fide of the Roman wall, oppofite 

 to their ftation of Little Chejlers, and to the sift mile-ftone on the 

 military road, is half a mile long, and about 400 yards over. 

 It is lhallow at the eaft, and of a great depth at the weft, end ; 

 the bottom of fand and gravel ; no reeds or rum.es in it, except 

 in the deepeft part ; a plea'fant alpine farm on a Hope by its eaftern 

 margin, and another at the welt end, on a flope likewife, both 

 belonging to William Lowes, of Ridley-Hall, Efq. In the range of 

 rocks are many irregular perpendicular columns of a furprizing 

 height and magnitude, one ftanding by itfelf, like a Druid pillar^ 

 towards the weft end. Some feem. as if they were ready to fall, 

 and others lie in amazing numbers on the bank below, to the 

 very brink of the lake, beaten down by tempefts. Among thefe 

 are many curious plants. In the clefts,, and on the broken fides 

 of the taller columns, are the quicken-tree, the elder-tree, the 

 burnet-rofe, and the beautiful rofe-bay willow-herb. In the 

 hollows, the dove-coloured falcon with black pointed wings 



C 3 annually 



