1 6 "lESfalfes at T^S'mtiermere* 



bedsteads, and high-backed chairs, covered with carvings, 

 have found their way to the London curiosity shops, whence 

 agents have been sent throughout the wildest parts of the dis- 

 trict to buy up such rehcs at high prices ; still there are speci- 

 mens left, as the observant traveller will notice. 



Of the four roads which meet here, the one on the left 

 leads to Ambleside ; the one directly in front, to Troutbeck ; 

 that to the right, to Windermere Village. 



ELLERAY AND ST. CATHERINES. 



The public path commences nearly opposite the post- 

 office. After a few minutes' walk from the gate, a cart-tract 

 will be observed striking off to the right, up the hill, im- 

 mediately above Christopher North's old cottage. Winding 

 over the shoulder of the hill by this cart-tract, — a rough 

 road at the best, and in wet weather, a decidedly moist 

 one, — the stile, which opens to the common is unmistak- 

 able. The top of the wall forms a most convenient seat for 

 resting awhile and enjoying the amphitheatre of mountains 

 hemming in the head of Winandermere, seen to perfection 

 from this point, through a natural framing of the mountain 

 fir. Keeping by the wall on the left for a few hundred yards 

 a * gap ' will usher the pedestrian upon a new and more ex- 

 tensive scene. Not only is there a complete bird's-eye 

 view of the upper reaches of Winandermere, on the left, but 

 in front the eye travels up the beautiful valley of Jj^toutbecfe 

 with its long, straggling, thorough Westmorland village on 

 one side, and the steep grassy declivities of High Street and 

 111 Bell on the other. 



Turning eastward, a long, bleak tract of moorland* is seen 



* This moor is intersected by several straight and level roads : these 

 are in many places overgrown with turf, forming excellent ground for 

 equestrian exercise. 



