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Camden takes no Notice of this Lake; for it mud 
have been there in his Time, and he muft have been 
very near it ; for he defcribes a Precipice, which I am 
pretty certain is the Northern Side of one of thofe 
very Hills which help to form Malholm Tam. There 
are but Two vilible Springs that fupply it with Water, 
one lies Eaft, the other North- weft ; and by what I 
could guefs, there are only thefe Two Springs ; for 
the Difcharge feems to be no greater than what thefe 
Springs fupply. 
The fuperfluous Water of this Lake is difcharged 
by a gliding Stream, about Four Feet broad, and Two 
or Three Inches deep ; which runs above-ground 
about 2 or 300 Yards, and then dips under-ground at 
Two different Places about 10 Yards diftant from 
one another. What becomes of thefe Streams after 
their dipping, (though the Relation appears fomewhat 
fabulous, yet) as it is affirmed by all the Men of Credit 
in the Neighbourhood, I could not help believing it. 
About a Mile below Malholm Village there are Two 
Springs that difcharge themfelves into the River Air 
about 10 Yards diftant from one another, one fome- 
what greater than the other. The Neighbours affured 
me that if Wheat-chaff was put into either of the 
Rivulets at the Place of their dipping, in about Eight 
Hours time it would come out at the greater of lefler 
Spring, and not out of both, into the River Air , 
which is from the Place of their firft dipping about 
Two Miles and an half. By this it appears, that thefe 
Two Rivulets never communicate in their fubter- 
raneous Paffage. 
The Tarn abounds with only Two forts of Fifh, 
Trouts and Terek : The Trouts very large and red ; the 
K k k k 2 Terek 
