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seer from taking his eyefull. Howpver, the finest part about 

 the Castle is, beyond question, the terrace, a grass-green 

 walk of 400 feet long and 90 broad, from whence there is a 

 wondrous view of vale and mountain. The most remarkable 

 feature of this landscape is perhaps the hollow in which 

 Haweswater lies. The park has some fine old trees ; and 

 the number and size of the yews in the grounds will strike 

 the stranger. But lasting injury was done to the woods by 

 the hurricane of 1839, which broke its way straight through 

 them, levelling every thing in its path. 



On the road from Bampton to Askham, the high grounds 

 of Lowther present, on the right, a nearly straight line of 

 elevation, along which runs the park-wall, almost to the ex- 

 tremity of the promontory. 



From a distance, it looks the most enviable position for a 

 park that can be imagined. 



GRISEDALE PASS. 

 (10 miles of mountain-work.) 

 There is a very charming walk of ten miles from Patter- 

 dale to Grasmere (from inn to inn) by Grisedale, which may 

 as well be enjoyed by the pedestrian traveller, whether he 

 chooses to ascend Helvellyn or not. Grasmere and Grise- 

 dale have the same derivation, — Gris being the old Saxon 

 word for * wild swine : ' and these are therefore, * the lake ' 

 and ^ the valley' * of the wild boar.' A deep and still retreat 

 must either of them have been in the days of wild boars. 

 The Grisedale valley will be visited with interest by geologists. 

 Sir R. Murchison reports that it bears more distinct traces 

 of glacial action than any other in the district. At the lower 

 end remains of moraines are clearly traceable, and at several 



