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ing farther and further below, till his ear catches 

 the sound of the fall : and presently after, the track 

 turns to the left, and brings him to a rocky station 

 whence he has a full view of the force. It is the 

 fashion to speak lightly of this waterfall, — it being 

 within half a mile of the inn, and so easily reached; 

 but it is, in our opinion, a very remarkable fall, 

 (from the symmetry of its parts,) and one of the 

 most graceful that can be seen. Its leap, of about 

 seventy feet, is split by a rocky protrusion, and 

 intercepted by a ledge running across ; so that 

 there are four falls, — two smaller ones above, 

 answering precisely to each other, and two larger 

 leaps below, no less exactly resembling. The rock 

 which parts them is feathered with foliage and so 

 are the sides of the ravine. Below, the waters 

 unite in a rocky basin, whence they flow down to 

 the mill, and on in a most picturesque torrent, 

 through a part of Ambleside, and into the meadows, 

 where they make their last spring down a rock 

 near Millar Bridge, and join the Bothay about a 

 mile from the lake. 



Supposing the excursion to Patterdale to be left 

 for another day, the stranger will see, after turning 

 into the Ambleside road from Bowness, 

 first, Ibbotsholme on the right, just 

 beyond Troutbeck Bridge. Presently^ 

 he will pass, on the left hand, the gate of Calgarth, 

 Bishop Watson's house. Ecclerigg comes next; 

 and then Lowwood Inn, Dove Nest, and Wans- 

 fell Holme, and, on the opposite shore, Wray 

 Castle, all of which have been mentioned as seen 

 from the lake. Clappersgate, with its white houses, 

 nestles under Loughrigg at the head of the lake ; 



BOWITESS TO 

 AMBLESIDE, 



