44 ;E)r&e from ISZ'mtJermere* 



scape. To the right is Wansfell, rising immediately from 

 the lake, and just over its side, sloping towards Troutbeck 

 and Windermere, he will see 111 Bell and Froswick, belong- 

 ing to the High Street range; next Wansfell, northward, 

 are the Red Screes and Kirkstone, then Rydal Head, and 

 far back is Fairfield, with Ambleside in the vale beneath it. 

 The nearer hill is Loughrigg : above it may be seen High 

 Raise, that long flat ridge terminating in Langdale Pikes ; to 

 the left, not far off, is Oxenfell, and above, Wetherlam and 

 the Old Man. Wray Castle is close to us, while immedi- 

 ately beneath lies the modest little tarn of Blelham, quite 

 unconscious of these distant grandeurs, and reflecting only 

 a green field or two. Yonder little church, in the grounds 

 of Wray Castle, is a charming object. The road, on reach- 

 ing High Wray, turns sharply to the left and winds round the 

 end of Latterbarrow.'^ After a mile and a-half of this lane, 

 a sharp and uninviting turn on the right must be looked for, 

 which leads by High Loanthwaite Farm, direct to Hawks- 

 head Hall ; t ^nd from there the road is over Hawkshead 

 Hill, and through Mr. Marshall's estate to the Waterhead 

 Hotel, Coniston. 



TO HAWKSHEAD AND CONISTON. 



BY THE FERRY. 



(The circuit, returning by Yewdale, 22 miles). 



This Excursion is the same as that to Esthwaite Water, as 

 far as Near Sawrey (p 41), — viz : over the lake to the Ferry, 

 and through the two villages ; from thence take the eastern 



* If the traveller proceeds on the main-road, he will shortly reach the 

 eastern shore of Esthwaite Water (p. 42) and home by the Ferry ; 12 

 miles. 



t The town of Hawkshead is only half-a-mile from this point. 



