Thence I Rode almost all the waye in sight of this great water [Windermere], some tymes I lost it by reason of y^e great hills interposeing and so a Continu'd up hill and down hill and that pretty steep, even when I was in that they Called bottoms w^{ch} are very rich good ground, and so I gained by degrees from Lower to higher hills w^{ch} I alwayes went up and down before I came to another hill. At last I attained to the side of one of these hills or ffells of Rocks, w^{ch} I passed on the side much about the Middle, for Looking down to the bottom it was at Least a Mile all full of those Lesser hills and jnclosures, so Looking upward I was as farre from the Top which was all Rocks, and something more barren tho there was some trees and wood growing in y^e Rocks and hanging over all down y^e Brow of some of the hills. From these great ffells there are severall springs out of y^e Rock that trickle down their sides, and as they meete with stones and Rocks in the way, when something obstructs their passage and so they Come with more violence, that gives a pleaseing sound and murmuring noise.... As I walked down at this place I was walled on both sides by those inaccessible high rocky barren hills w^{ch} hangs over ones head in some places and appears very terrible, and from them springs many Little Currents of water from the sides and Clefts, w^{ch} trickle down to some Lower part where it runs swiftly over the stones and shelves in the way, w^{ch} makes a pleasant Rush and murmuring noise.[235] Wordsworth's "And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters," has here an interesting early statement. Of Ulswater, she says: I rode the whole Length of this water by its side, sometyme a Little higher upon the side of the hill and sometyme just by the shore.... I observed the boundaries of all these great waters (which are a sort of deep Lakes or kind of standing waters) are these sort of Barren Rocky hill w^{ch} are so vastly high. I Call this a standing water because its not like other great Rivers as y^e Trent, Severne, Hull or Thames, etc. to appear to Run w^{th} a streame or Current but only as it Rowles from side to side Like waves as the wind moves it.[236]