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there are some slate quarries, and imme- 

 diately to the left rises Honister Crag, a 

 lofty and almost perpendicular rock, a fitting 

 eyrie for the eagle, which sometimes breeds 

 there. From its top descends a sparkling 

 rill, which appears in its fall like a vein of 

 silver in the dark side of the crag. From 

 this and other similar crags at the head of 

 Buttermere, several streams descend which 

 in their general effect are scarcely inferior to 

 Lowdore, though, perhaps, the direct per- 

 pendicular fall of none of them may be so 

 great. 



In winter, about four years ago, two 

 young men who were out snipe-shooting, 

 attempted to ascend the mountain by follow- 

 ing the channel of one of those streams, the 

 sides of which being slippery from the snow 

 and ice, rendered their progress at once 

 difficult and hazardous. After having toiled 

 their way to a considerable elevation, the 

 one who was in advance suddenly missed his 

 companion, and on looking down the stream 



