sees (beginning from Goat's Tarn) Devoke Water, in a line 

 with Goat's Tarn, to the west. It is said that the trout in 

 that lake used to have a great reputation ; and tradition de- 

 clares that the comfortable abbots of Furness imported them 

 from Italy. There is a fine stretch of sea visible, the Isle 

 of Man being conspicuous in good weather. We need not 

 recapitulate the names of the chief mountains ; enough that 

 Ingleborough is visible in one direction and Lancaster 

 Castle in another; and, in clear weather, even Snowdon 

 may be seen. The number of tarns within view is re- 

 markable. We have mentioned Goat's Tarn and Low 

 Water. Beyond the latter lies Seathwaite Tarn, whence 

 the infant Duddon issues. Stickle Tarn is conspicuous, 

 lying under Pavey Ark ; while in a hollow of the moun- 

 tain, on its north-east side, are Levers Water and Low 

 Water. Only the nearer lakes are seen; but there is a 

 glorious stretch of sea, and when the estuaries are full, the 

 coast is a beautiful spectacle. The shores of Coniston 

 and Winandermere, studded with woods and dwellings, 

 present nearer beauties. 



The finest descent, — though the longest, — is by the ridge 

 of "l^SiTet^erlam, above Levers Water, descending into 

 Tilberthwaite and returning to Coniston through Yewdale, 

 noticed at p. 157. 



OVER WALNA SCAR TO SEATHWAITE. 



(Seven miles of hill-work.) 



The traveller has already followed the track as far as the 



stream from Goat's Tarn (p. 185). After ascending for more 



than a mile he finds himself on a ridge to the south of Dow 



Crag* Descending he has a fine view of summits, from 



