132 ,^gcent of Kelbdlgn ; 



path is well marked all the way to a wall which runs along 

 the ridge of the hill ; in this wall there is a gate, after passing 

 through which you descend to ©risetiaU JEatn* The ascent 

 of ^feielbellgn is continued from this point by the steep zig- 

 zags above the foot of the Tarn. When at the top of these 

 the traveller must follow the ridge of the mountain and he 

 will soon make out the summit. 



There are precipices on the east of the summit ; but its 

 mossy plain slopes gently towards the west. No mountain 

 is, we believe, so often climbed. Its central situation ren- 

 ders the view attractive on every account ; it is very con- 

 spicuous ; and it is not difficult of ascent. According to the 

 Ordnance Surveyors, its height is 3,118 feet above the level 

 of the sea; that is, 57 feet higher than Skiddaw, and rather 

 more than 100 feet lower than Scawfell Pike. There are 

 two cairns on two summits, not far apart, from between 

 which, in an angle in the hill, the best view of the north is 

 obtained. The men, (as such piles of stones are called) 

 mark the line between Cumberland and Westmorland. 

 Northwards the view is bounded by the Scotch mountains, 

 with the Solway at their feet. Nearer stands Saddleback, 

 with Skiddaw a little to the left. Kepplecove Tarn lies 

 below, with Catchedecam on the right. Eastwards, Red 

 Tarn lies immediately below, between its two solemn preci- 

 pices. Ullswater shines beyond, its nearer bank fringed by 

 Gowbarrow Park; and Crossfell closes in the view afar. 

 The Troutbeck mountains here peep over Striding Edge. 

 Kirkstone and Fairfield rise to the south; and, over the 

 latter, there is a peep of Winandermere ; and sometimes, in 

 clear weather, a glimpse of Lancaster Castle. Esthwaite 

 Water and the sea in Morecambe Bay are seen at the same 

 time. Blackcombe is caught sight of through Wrynose Gap ; 

 and the Coniston range and Langdale Pikes lead the eye 



