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greatest depth was found to be near Ecclesrigg Crag--201 feet. The
bottom of the lake in the middle stream is a smooth rock; in many
places the sides are perpendicular, and in some places they continue
so for a mile without interruption. It abounds with fish, and the
Rivers Brathay and Rothay feed the lake at the upper end, and in the
breeding-season the trout ascend the Rothay, and the char the Brathay
only; but in the winter, when these fish are in season, they come
into the shallows, where they are fished for in the night, at which
time they are the more easily driven into the nets.
We now turned along an old coach road which crossed the hills over
Cartmel Fell to Kendal, and appeared to be very little used. Our road
climbed steadily for about two miles, when suddenly there came a bright
interval between the showers, and we had a magnificent view of a portion
of Lake Windermere, with a steamboat leaving the landing-stage near
Newby Bridge. We stood, as it were, riveted to the spot; but another
shower coming on, the view vanished like a dream, though it lasted
sufficiently long to bring us encouragement and to cheer us upon our wet
and lonely way.
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