150 ~y33"alfe at ©rasmere. 



caves into which, it is said, persons have been lowered with 

 ropes, without touching the bottom. The easiest ascent is 

 made by following the road towards ^j^asetiale and turning 

 off to the right at a point where a zig-zag track, between 

 walls, up the side of the Crag, comes down into the valley. 



V. There is a mountain-road striking out to the left, be- 

 tween Helm Crag and Steel Fell. The eye may follow it up for 

 a considerable distance. It leads to ©teenup E^S^> and 

 thence into Borrowdale, but is seldom traversed by any but 

 natives as it does not offer any peculiar attractions. 



VI. Besides Smx fMlilk ©ill, in Easedale, there are at 

 least two pretty 333'aterMl3 at Grasmere, one of which — 

 ^OUQUZ ©til force — we mentioned in the ascent of H el vellyn, 

 as approached from the path to Grisedale Tarn. The pretty 

 ivy-covered cottage about a mile towards Raise Gap, on the 

 right-hand of the mail road, must be looked out for. The 

 path is just beyond and behind the house, and descends 

 towards the stream, and the waterfall. — The other Fall is 

 reached by the lane immediately opposite the said ivy-covered 

 cottage. The traveller must proceed down till the bridge is 

 crossed, and then turn to the right. In about half a mile 

 another bridge is reached, and the fall will be found a few 

 hundred yards further on up the left fork of the beck, under 

 the grounds of the villa, called Helm Side. 



VII. There are several XSi3untam=pat|^s to the west of 

 Grasmere, the easiest and most commonly-used being that 

 which leaves the main-road at the Wyke and ascends the hill 

 by the margin of a wood. It then passes the rifle-butts and 

 goes over the shoulder of the hill, where the ridge is shortly 

 reached, and you drop down upon Chapel Stile, in ^angtiak. 



