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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
road
to
a
considerable
height
is
through
a
narrow
cleft,
in
which
a
flight
of
steps
is
hewn;
the
steps
nearly
fill
the
cleft,
and
on
each
side
the
rocks
form
a
high
and
irregular
wall;
it
is
almost
like
a
long
sloping
cavern,
only
that
it
is
roofed
by
the
sky.
We
came
to
the
barracks;
soldiers'
wives
were
hanging
out
linen
upon
the
rails,
while
the
wind
beat
about
them
furiously--there
was
nothing
which
it
could
set
in
motion
but
the
garments
of
the
women
and
the
linen
upon
the
rails;
the
grass--for
we
had
now
come
to
green
grass--was
close
and
smooth,
and
not
one
pile
an
inch
above
another,
and
neither
tree
nor
shrub.
The
standard
pole
stood
erect
without
a
flag.
The
rock
has
two
summits,
one
much
broader
and
higher
than
the
other.
When
we
were
near
to
the
top
of
the
lower
eminence
we
had
the
pleasure
of
finding
a
little
garden
of
flowers
and
vegetables
belonging
to
the
soldiers.
There
are
three
distinct
and
very
noble
prospects--the
first
up
the
Clyde
towards
Glasgow--Dunglass
Castle,
seen
on
its
promontory--boats,
sloops,
hills,
and
many
buildings;
the
second,
down
the
river
to
the
sea--Greenock
and
Port-Glasgow,
and
the
distant
mountains
at
the
entrance
of
Loch
Long;
and
the
third
extensive
and
distant
view
is
up
the
Leven,
which
here
falls
into
the
Clyde,
to
the
mountains
of
Loch
Lomond.
The
distant
mountains
in
all
these
views
were
obscured
by
mists
and
dingy
clouds,
but
if
the
grand
outline
of
any
one
of
the
views
can
be
seen,
it
is
sufficient
recompense
for
the
trouble
of
climbing
the
rock
of
Dumbarton.
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