Sentence:  It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the <WSD>haunt</WSD> of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.