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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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We
walked
towards
the
head
of
the
lake,
and
from
a
large
pasture
field
near
Luss,
a
gentle
eminence,
had
a
very
interesting
view
back
upon
the
village
and
the
lake
and
islands
beyond.
We
then
perceived
that
Luss
stood
in
the
centre
of
a
spacious
bay,
and
that
close
to
it
lay
another
small
one,
within
the
larger,
where
the
boats
of
the
inhabitants
were
lying
at
anchor,
a
beautiful
natural
harbour.
The
islands,
as
we
look
down
the
water,
are
seen
in
great
beauty.
Inch-ta-vannach,
the
same
that
framed
out
the
little
peaceful
lake
which
we
had
passed
in
the
morning,
towers
above
the
rest.
The
lake
is
very
wide
here,
and
the
opposite
shores
not
being
lofty
the
chief
part
of
the
permanent
beauty
of
this
view
is
among
the
islands,
and
on
the
near
shore,
including
the
low
promontories
of
the
bay
of
Luss,
and
the
village;
and
we
saw
it
under
its
dullest
aspect--the
air
cold,
the
sky
gloomy,
without
a
glimpse
of
sunshine.
On
a
splendid
evening,
with
the
light
of
the
sun
diffused
over
the
whole
islands,
distant
hills,
and
the
broad
expanse
of
the
lake,
with
its
creeks,
bays,
and
little
slips
of
water
among
the
islands,
it
must
be
a
glorious
sight.
Up
the
lake
there
are
no
islands;
Ben
Lomond
terminates
the
view,
without
any
other
large
mountains;
no
clouds
were
upon
it,
therefore
we
saw
the
whole
size
and
form
of
the
mountain,
yet
it
did
not
appear
to
me
so
large
as
Skiddaw
does
from
Derwent-water.
Continued
our
walk
a
considerable
way
towards
the
head
of
the
lake,
and
went
up
a
high
hill,
but
saw
no
other
reach
of
the
water.
The
hills
on
the
Luss
side
become
much
steeper,
and
the
lake,
having
narrowed
a
little
above
Luss,
was
no
longer
a
very
wide
lake
where
we
lost
sight
of
it.
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