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off among green levels ; and, closing in the whole in front, the 

 mass of Place Fell, — the other side of which goes sheer 

 down into Ullswater. The stranger must not omit to ob- 

 serve near the head of the pass, the fallen rock ridged like a 

 roof, whose form (like that of a miniature church) has given 

 its name to its precincts. All the way, as he descends to 

 Brothers' Water, the openings on the Scandale side (the left) 

 charm the eye, — with their fissures, precipices, green slopes 

 and levels, and knolls in the midst, crowned with firs. He 

 passes through ^fe>;artS0p, and then wdnds on for two or three 

 miles among the rich levels of ^attetbale, which is guarded 

 by mountains jutting forward like promontories. The Pat- 

 terdale inn is another of the good hotels of the district. 

 The stranger, who must have left Windermere early in the 

 morning, hastens to order a car or a boat, to take him to 

 ^Cib}tiatr0b3 ^Kvk, and desires that dinner may await him 

 in about three hours' time. 



There is another inn, the Ullswater Hotel, about a mile 

 further on, which offers the traveller a choice of going nearer 

 the lake, if he wishes. He cannot go wrong in his selection. 

 The Patterdale inn is an old favourite, the Ullswater is new ; 

 and both are under good management. From whichever 

 inn he starts, if the weather is calm and fine, the tourist must 

 take a boat to the Park, to see ,,^ta ^orce. After an hour's 

 row, J^kgulpj's 5E^ot»£r is reached, an ivy-covered little 

 castle, built for a shooting-box by the late Duke of Norfolk ; 

 but it stands on the site of a real old tower, named, it is said, 

 after Ulf, or L'Ulf, the first Baron of Grey stoke, who gave 

 its name to the lake. Some, however, insist that its real name 

 is Wolfs Tower. The park which surrounds it, and stretches 

 down to the lake, is studded with ancient trees; and the 

 sides of its water-courses, and the depth of its ravine, are 

 luxuriantly wooded. Vast hills, with climbing tracks, rise 



