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we had little difficulty in identifying the isolated boulder upon 
whose broad back (carved with the letter O—I say this for identi- 
fication’s sake) had sat Scott in the autumn of 1805; and from 
that moment we felt assured that it was from the tall crag opposite, 
that goes somewhat into a hummock and then drops to the hause 
that connects Striding Edge with Helvellyn, that the storm-blinded 
traveller had fallen. And how like Scott it was to go off to such 
a vantage ground to get the view of that 
‘Huge nameless rock which in front was impending, " 
and to 
‘- Mark the sad spot where the wanderer had died,” 
As to the Crag’s name, old W. thought “it mostly-what got 
Tarn Crag,” but of that he was not sure. As to the dog, “‘it was 
a tarrier, a laal yallow-brown tarrier dog, so far as he knew, not a 
spaniel nor collie dog, just a laal yallow-brown dog, so far as he 
could tell, that had watched by the body, and pups was aw liggin’ 
deead round her when they found her, and she was starved ameeast 
till a skeleton hersel’, But what, if we wanted to kna mair, we 
mud gang across t’ deale and caw on George, son o’ William, him 
’at was shepherd in t’ ald days to Mr. Mounsey o’ Patterdeal 
Ha.” ; 
Right gladly did we “gang across t’ deale,” and were soon busily 
engaged in recalling the old memories of the event, with the son 
of one of those who helped to bring the poor body down to the 
inquest, ‘‘just lapped up in a hay-sheet, for t’ beeans was aw lowse, 
and t’ body was withered till a perfect skeleton,” so H. had heard 
his father say. 
H. had heard tell that the young man was very venturesome, 
and would not be dissuaded by the host at the inn from going up, 
notwithstanding the day was a “‘dark day.” He had heard too of 
the review of the Volunteers at Penrith, which had taken place at 
the time, and seemed to have prevented the possibility of a guide, 
and he had been told that heavy hail fell an hour after Gough had 
set out up towards Striding Edge. 
As to the place, he had heard from one R., who is a Patterdale 
