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Page 48:-
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Skiddaw
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SKIDDAW.
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views
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A view of the country, from at least one of the eminent mountains
of the district, is considered as forming a part of the tour, by
those who can muster strength and resolution for the undertaking;
and for this purpose Skiddaw is, on several accounts, generally
selected. It is nearest to the station at Keswick, most easy of
access - as ladies may ride on horseback to the very summit; and
standing in some measure detached, the view, especially to the
north and west, is less intercepted by other mountains.
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altitude
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Skiddaw is the supreme of a group of mountains about thirty miles
in circumference; including Saddleback, Carrock, and the Caldbeck
fells: its height, according to Colonel Mudge, is 3022 feet above
the sea. A mean of seven different trials with the barometer,
between the years 1809 and the present time, makes it 2808 feet
above Derwent lake; and the result of a geometrical process by
the late Mr. Greatorex in 1817, agrees with the same very nearly.
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geology
botany
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The body of the mountain is a rock of dark coloured clay-slate,
in some parts of which crystals of chiastolite are found
imbedded; and among its vegetable productions are the different
species of Lycopodium and Vaccinium, the Calluna
vulgaris and Empetrum nigrum; and upon the summit the
Salix herbacea peeps forth among the stones.
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-- Skiddaw
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-- station, Skiddaw
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