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way reach the path descending from Nan Bield, and you are 

 soon on the farm-road of the valley. To those who are in 

 a hurry, we should say : Order the inevitable eggs and bacon 

 at the small inn ; and, while they are being prepared, walk 

 to see the lake, as far as pj^zamxiti ; then, after being re- 

 freshed, 'tackle' Nan Bield Pass, and go down the Kent- 

 mere valley to Staveley Station, from whence a train will 

 hurry you to head-quarters. This is also a day's work to be 

 remembered, of 37 miles. 



The descent may also be made to Kentmere. We turn 

 our backs to the allurements spread before us, and com- 

 mence our descent along the grassy slopes of ^in^mell 

 E.nti, avoiding the steep ;]©l£at{)t0aite CTtag, which we 

 leave on our right. Hence, passing a sheep-fold on the right, 

 at the bottom of ^Kall ^obe, we soon reach the ^Biestr^ 

 6(0 ir, which was formed to supply the Kendal mills and adds 

 a very agreeable feature to the landscape, especially when 

 seen from its southern end. Here we again join a cart-road, 

 and passing at the foot of ^Eiaigborroto ©Ttag, leave be- 

 hind us Lamb and Cauldron Quarries, and keep down the 

 right or western side of the vale till a white church appears 

 above the brow of a low hill in front. From here we have 

 the choice of three ways homewards. One is by the carriage- 

 road direct down the valley to Staveley ; the second leads 

 us above the Hall, past Green Head, and joins our morn- 

 ing's road at the top of ©arbum; and the third is by the 

 Hall Quarries to Applethwaite Common. The first will be 

 described in the next excursion ; and the second needs to 

 have nothing said about it, except that there is a small pool 

 of most beautiful spring water on the right-hand side going 

 up. We will take the third road, and, passing close in front 

 of the Hall, climb up the large blue flag-quarry. We keep 

 along above the walls for about a mile, when we go through a 



