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Cromach, and within a short distance of the 

 small water of Lowes; the two former of 

 which contain char, and all of them trout, 

 besides pike and perch. The river Cocker 

 also affords good angling, particularly be- 

 tween the lower end of Cromach and the 

 village of Lorton. It rises among the hills 

 at the head of Buttermere lake, into which 

 it runs near to Gatesgarth. On its exit 

 from Buttermere, it flows for nearly a mile 

 through a fertile and level tract of land, and 

 after passing through Cromach, continues 

 its course through the vale of Lorton to 

 Cockermouth, where it joins the Derwent, 



Near the lower end of Buttermere there 

 is a rill, called Sour-milk Force, from the 

 white appearance of the water in its descent, 

 which has its source in Red Tarn, a col- 

 lection of water about five hundred yards 

 above the level of the Cocker; and Bleabury 

 Tarn, from which a similar stream descends, 

 a little lower down towards Cromach, is of 

 the same altitude. The hollow of each of 

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