. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . -V. . ..*?» CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. HI WATERFALL, NEAR STY HEAD—CUMBERLAND. The hill of Sty Head forms a defile between the mountains of Scawfell and GreatGavel. The road thither from Seathwaite is marked by a bed of stones, serving as a sureguide to the tourist in his ascent. Skirting along the rocky channel of the Denvent,which at this place is a small torrent, rapid and turbulent in its course, the travellercros
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . -V. . ..*?» CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. HI WATERFALL, NEAR STY HEAD—CUMBERLAND. The hill of Sty Head forms a defile between the mountains of Scawfell and GreatGavel. The road thither from Seathwaite is marked by a bed of stones, serving as a sureguide to the tourist in his ascent. Skirting along the rocky channel of the Denvent,which at this place is a small torrent, rapid and turbulent in its course, the travellercrosses a rude bridge projected over a tributary stream, and commences the ascent of asteep hill on his right hand. The path is winding and laborious; and a torrent rushesdown a ravine by the side of it, in one uninterrupted fall. The waterfall to which our illustration refers is formed of the tributary streams of theDerwent rivers, and, though inferior to others in extent, is eminently picturesque in itsappearance, on account of the variety which it presents to the eye. The bare summits ofthe rocks, where, as if in mockery of vegetation, a few trees are s
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