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be seen : — Coniston Old Man to the west ; Bowfell and 

 Langdale Pikes to the north-west; Fairfield to the north, 

 with Loughrigg lying, as a mere dark ridge, across the head 

 of the lake ; while, to the north-east, Troutbeck is disclosed, 

 with its peaks of High Street and 111 Bell. All below are 

 woods, with houses peeping out j on a height on the oppo- 

 site shore is Wray Castle; further north, Brathay Church, 

 set down near the mouth of the valley; and between Lough- 

 rigg and the lake, at its head, the white houses of Clappers- 

 gate, with the chateau-like mansion of Croft conspicuous 

 above the rest. 



The return walk may be varied by getting over the step- 

 stile in the corner on your left, and, by the high-side of the 

 i>^ fence, striking into the path in the field below (see plan), 

 which presently enters the ^l^llrcag estate at another stile close 

 to a wooden gate. From the top of this stile, through the 

 trees in front, there is an exquisite view of the head of the 

 lake. Keeping on the public path, which cannot be mis- 

 taken, and, just after passing a narrow bend, we have 

 another glorious picture with Christopher North's cot- 

 tage in the rich foreground, while, far away in the distance, 

 we shall recognise again some of the mountain tops with 

 which we have just become acquainted. The path soon 

 joins a wider road ; entering this, and turning sharply to the 

 left, we shortly come to the main road, nearly opposite the 

 post-office, and to the end of our two miles' walk. 



PATH TO THE LAKE. 

 Notwithstanding the popularity of Windermere Village as 

 a place of residence, it may seem to the traveller to pos- 

 sess one great drawback, and that is its distance from the 

 lake ; this, however, is not so formidable (three-quarters of 



