Gray's Journal Entry: ‘In dry weather the fall is inconsiderable, and its grandeur is consequently much diminished; but when charged with the thousand streams which a storm pours occasionally from the mountains, the bubbling cascade becomes a stupendous cataract, which, rushing down an enormous pile of protruding crags, rolls along in uninterrupted volume and impetuous velocity. The scene at such a time is magnificent. The tremendous roar of the rushing water, which on serene evenings (we are assured) can be distincly heard at a distance of ten or twelve miles, is perfectly in unison with its rocky accompaniment. The view, now under consideration, was made when the whole scene lay open to the eye and the torrents of rain had filled every cavity of the fall, and flooded the brook proceeding from it. The river Lowdore, which is one of chief feaders of the lake, takes it rise in the valley of Watenlath. . . . [The rock to the left of our view] is Gowder Crag commanding from its summit a most extensive view over the lakes of Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite . . . The lower mountain to the right of the cataract is Shepherd’s Crag. The best station for seeing [the falls] to advantage is through an opening in the grove directly above the hut, which appears on the left of our view, and was formerly a mill.’