S6 '^^M'intizxmtxz xo ^J^angbale. 



over the other falls of the district, — there is nearly always 

 a considerable body of water in it. 



After crossing the bridge, the road turns to the right, the 

 one immediately in front would take the traveller to Elter- 

 water, and thence up to Langdale by a shorter route than 

 the one by which we are conducting him. Just before reach- 

 ing ^angtale 3?arn, we join the road from 5I3iIi^tt?)taaite, 

 The road from this point is through the valley in which ^lea 

 ^am lies, — the scene of those books of Wordsworth's 

 * Excursion ' which relate to the Solitary. After ascending 

 some little way, we drop into the vale where the single farm- 

 house is, and the tarn, and the stone, * like a ship with keel 

 upturned,' which is lodged in a stream near the tarn. Some 

 people have unaccountably fixed on the Bowder Stone to 

 answer this description ; but, besides that the Bowder Stone 

 is far away, it rests on its edge, instead of its ' keel ' being 

 'upturned.' 'The two huge peaks, that from some other 

 vale peer into this,' are the J^angbale ^tkt9i; and very fine 

 is the view of them from this wild and somewhat dreary 

 hollow. Since the ' Excursion ' was written, large planta- 

 tions of larch have arisen ; but they do not much ameliorate 

 the desolation of the place. A very rough road* descends 

 by Wall End to ©teat ^attgbale, where, after passing a 

 farm, we soon reach the 'Dungeon Gill Hotel.' The Dungeon 

 Gill JVew Hotel is nearly a mile further on, and, as it is 

 nearer to the force, it affords the more convenient resting- 

 place for visitors who merely wish to see it. 



Whichever hotel the traveller choose, there is one thing to 

 be done without doubt, — to visit dungeon ©ill Strangers 

 who arrive untired, generally go to the gill while their luncheon 



* We may properly ask, Why is this road so bad ? Why do not those 

 who use it most insist upon its being repaired ? 



