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the height of five hundred yards. Its face may 

 be considered as smooth, though occasionally 

 interrupted and diversified, by tufts of moss, 

 and of brush wood, which heighten its pic- 

 turesque appearance, springing from the fissures 

 of its surface. Parties generally fire a cannon 

 against the face of the crag; the echo thus 

 produced is spoken of as having a most won- 

 derful effect. The report is said to reverberate 

 from point to point, and to make the whole 

 circuit of the upper lake before the sound of it 

 escapes, and that sullen silence resumes its 

 wonted empire. 



The repeated and almost daily visits of 

 strangers at its base, have banished its an- 

 cient inhabitants; yet are eagles sometimes 

 seen towering in the upper regions, and hold- 

 ing possession with the red deer, as tenants 

 in common of its extensive and elevated ter- 

 ritory. 



A mile further is Colman's Eye : here the 

 river, having another rapid fall, alters its direc- 

 tion ; but when this difficulty is passed, it re- 

 sumes its former course, and introduces spec- 

 tators at once to the entrance of the upper 

 lake. An amphitheatre of stupendous moun- 

 tains bursting instantly on the sight surprises 



