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man over seventy years of age, a shepherd, and one who has 
hunted the fells ever since he could run, that the crag Gough fell 
from was a crag at the back of Lad Crag that faces out toward 
Grisedale, only a few yards from the far end of Striding Edge, as 
you go along it to climb Helvellyn. He had never heard of grass 
seeds being sown to mark the place, but R. had told him that 
there was a small heap of stones laid up near the foot of the crag 
from which Gough fell, and about one hundred and fifty or two 
hundred yards from its summit. He had never heard the crag get 
any name, nor had R., but he knew that our first informant, old W., 
believed it was called Tarn Crag. He thought W. was mistaken. 
About the dog, he had heard his father say that the little dog 
was a fox-terrier, with hard short hair, and close coated. He had 
not heard that it was “poor” when it was found. It ran for some 
time when the fox-hounds were set after it, backwards and forwards, 
would not leave the place far, and ran to bay close to the spot 
where the body was found. He had heard that it ran well, and 
looked better than anyone could have expected. 
G. H. had never known his father, or anyone, say what they 
thought had eaten the flesh of the dog’s master, but he was quite 
sure that it would never have been the dog, it was not the way of 
them. ‘T’ laal dog would likely find plenty o’ carrion in t’ crags 
or t’ ghylls,” and it was lambing time on the fells. 
I asked if he had ever heard that the dog had eaten his master’s 
body, and old H. said, “nowt o’ t’ soort, a dog wad nivver dea sic 
a thing; and he kenned dogs, for he’d been amang ’em aw his 
daays ; it isn’t t’ naatur o’t’ animal. But they did say that ravens 
hed picked at him a bit; and,” he added, “I suddent wonder 
neather, there used to be a canny few theer away when I wur a 
lad.” 
He had heard old people talk about eagles on Helvellyn, but 
could not give the date of their last appearance. He had not 
heard that any part of the body was missing, but knew that the 
skull was separate from the body. Nor had he heard that the 
bones were broken at all, as they would have been if a dog had 
tried to get at the marrow ; this confirmed old W.’s account. I 
