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at the foot of the hills past a farmhouse, and so on to the 

 slater's cottage in the soHtudes at the foot of ^Biainsbotrob} 

 (STrag. Passing in front of the cottage, we find a road 

 which leads us to the weir at the lower end of the reservoir, 

 by which we cross to the other side, and, climbing up the 

 grassy slopes above it, we reach the path just where a small 

 spring issues from the hill-side. This is Toadhowe Well, 

 and is famed in the vale as being the best water in West- 

 morland. Let the traveller try it for himself. 



To go by the other side of the vale we must cross the 

 bridge close to the inn at ^Eieitttnete, and turn sharply to the 

 left, ascending till the road takes a sharp turn back to the 

 right. We avoid this turn by cutting across a small field and 

 follow the road till again it bifurcates. The upper road leads 

 to Longsleddale ; by it we shall return. The lower road 

 is the one we have to take ; and, after passing through 

 several gates and the small farm of Overend, it again divides, 



— the lower one keeping in the flat valley, through several 

 more gates and past a barn to the reservoir, — the upper one 

 rising a very little till it reaches a small stream called Ull- 

 stone Beck. All along here we have most glorious views of 

 the grand hills at Kentmere head; Rainsborrow Crag, 111 

 Bell, and Froswick rising up one after another on the farther 

 side of the vale, while High Street and Lingmell End close 

 our view on the north, and the crags on our right rise grandly, 

 with their cover of graceful birch and coral-berried rowan, 

 and hide the bare uninteresting slopes of Kentmere Pike 

 and Brown Howe. Crossing Ullstone Beck, — so named 

 from a huge boulder which may be plainly seen at its head, 



— we climb the grassy side of ^Kentmere Jl^nngue, always 

 keeping well to the left till we are on the top of the ridge. 

 The path is very obscure here, but we must keep nearly on 

 a level and below the rocks called Smallthwaite Knott which 



