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west to east. There is a way up between walls, from a point 

 not far above Red Bank. The highest point of the ridge is 

 marked by a pile of stones, and is near the northern end. 

 From this point, and it is the only one, the two lakes, Gras- 

 mere and Winandermere, may both be seen. The pedes- 

 trian may descend either upon Loughrigg Terrace, or near 

 Rydal, or by the farmhouse at Brow Head. The only 

 obstacles are the boggy parts, which render this walk difficult 

 after rain ; and the stone walls. A careful survey from one 

 of the highest points will show the stranger a series of gates 

 in more than one direction, and by following the line he may 

 descend without difficulty to almost any point he may have 

 chosen. 



TO SCANDALE AND SWEDEN BRIDGE. 

 (Three miles and a-half there and back. ) 



If he desires to ascend the opposite heights, nothing is 

 easier, and there are few walks more charming than the one 

 to ..©iwetim ^rtbge, which spans the Scandale Beck at no 

 great distance from its source. Three of these becks or 

 brooks come down into the ^Elotfjag " >i alleg from the 

 eastern heights ; — the Stock, which is described in the ac- 

 count of Stockgill, and which flows along Stony Lane, falling 

 into the Rothay at Millar Bridge ; the Scandale Beck, which 

 descends from the cul-de-sac between the Kirkstone road and 

 the Rydal heights, passing under the main-road between 

 Ambleside and Rydal : and the Rydal Beck, rising from the 

 cul-de-sac of Fairfield, and taking its way down through the 

 park to join the Rothay near Pelter Bridge. It is the second 

 of these streams which is spanned by the little old-fashioned 

 picturesque arch of Sweden Bridge, placed in the midst of 

 the wilds. 



