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as before, — up the Valley of Troutbeck, but leave the road 

 of the valley much sooner, — a few hundred yards beyond 

 the farm (Low Borrarws) from which there is such a glori- 

 ous prospect. Here the turn on the right must be taken, then 

 the second turn on the left, which leads above Longmire 

 farm, and we shortly find ourselves on the open side of the 

 hill, whose steepness wearies us but little, for we are enjoying 

 the fresh air and the glorious views, or are gathering the fos- 

 sils from the Coniston limestone which occurs here. We 

 see the whole of the Vale of Troutbeck beneath us, closed 

 at the head by Thornthwaite and Threshthwaite Crags, to 

 the left of which are the steep Screes above Kirkstone. 

 To the left again, the whole of the Scawfell range slowly 

 rises above the nearer and lower hills, — Great Gable be- 

 ing peculiarly conspicuous on account of its shape, — com- 

 pared by the natives to a hay-cock. 



Avoiding the cart-road down the other side of the hill 

 to Kentmere, our path is almost straight in front, along an al- 

 most imperceptible track which keeps along the ridge. We 

 soon leave stone walls behind, and climb the grassy slope of 

 the "]E"0lfe, at the top of which a magnificent view awaits us. 

 Guided by a wire fence, we descend a little into the eastern 

 slope of the hill, and look down the wonderful precipices of 

 ^amsfaorroto CTrag into Jimtmere ^esetboir, and a- 

 cross the pass of Nan Bield to the smiling plains at the foot 

 of Cross Fell. We shall meet with nothing more wildly 

 desolate in the whole tour, than the slopes running down 

 from 111 Bell, Froswick, and High Street, into Hall Cove; 

 and, in the distance, is a peaceably lovely view, in the direc- 

 tion of Kendal, Lancaster, and Morecambe Bay. Returning 

 to the ridge, we descend a little, and then ascend 111 Bell, 

 or, if we prefer it, keep along a narrow foot-path on the 

 grassy slope, running down into Troutbeck. We then repeat 



