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The Derwent, before it enters the lake of 

 the same name, affords perhaps the best 

 fishing near Keswick; but about ten miles 

 from Keswick, the same river after passing 

 through Bassenthwaite lake, contains large 

 trouts, weighing from two to five pounds, 

 which require stouter tackle than is neces- 

 sary where the stream is less. 



Having remained at Keswick as long as 

 inclination prompts or time allows, let the 

 angler dispatch his luggage to Ambleside or 

 Bowness, while he himself proceeds up Bor- 

 rowdale, and over the hills to Buttermere. 

 Though this route is more circuitous, and 

 the road much more difficult than the usual 

 one through Newlands, yet the wild and 

 rugged grandeur of the scenery will amply 

 compensate the lover of nature for his addi- 

 tional fatigue. It is indeed seldom travelled 

 by mere holiday lakers amateurs of land- 

 scape, who like best to see the face of nature 

 reflected in a pocket mirror, and who never 

 stir out without an umbrella and a folding 



