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No.54.


ULLS WATER, LOOKING INTO GLENRIDDEN.

Mr. Askew's house, which borders the lake, is in Glenridden, a valley charmingly spread over with wooded enclosures. Black Crag and Glenridden Dodd, upon the right, shew their shivery and precipitous fronts; and parts of Helvellyn, called Nab End and Blea Cove, appear in the last distance.
From this station proceed till within about two hundred yards of the Purse Bay to

No.55.


PURSE BAY, ON ULLS WATER.

This exquisite combination of materials is another fine subject, not only for the exercise and gratification of the eye, but for the pencil. - Having bestowed on this extraordinary scene a due portion of attention, re-ascend the hill, and by keeping the semicircular wall, pass by the house called Blea Wyke to the Purse Bay, and from the eastern side of it look again upon the Grizedale mountains, rendered additionally valuable by the bold promontory on the right, and those charming middle-grounds stretching each way from the Hall: here take the boat to its mooring place, and return to the Inn, or on foot by the head of the lake over Goldrill Bridge, after having passed

No.56.


ULLS WATER, LOOKING TOWARDS GRIZEDALE.

This view is taken within the enclosures, and near a ruined building, which, with the lands about it, were some time ago purchased by a celebrated artist, as commanding some of the finest views upon the lake.
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