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the beck to ^Kags T^^Tater, as at p. 199. From the north 

 end of this tarn the traveller will find a zig-zag path in an 

 easterly direction. This will lead him to the ridge and 

 the ^Bioman ^EloatJ. The road is grown over with grass, 

 like the other parts of the ridge, but is clearly defined. 

 After following it in a southerly direction for about half a 

 mile, the traveller catches sight of Winandermere, and then 

 if he turns eastwards, a few paces will bring him to the 

 precipice beneath which lies Blea Water. 



The ascent from Hays Water may also be made by follow- 

 ing the stream which feeds the tarn. 



The distant views by this route are finer than by the 

 ascents from Mardale Green or Troutbeck. Helvellyn is the 

 most interesting object of view, more of it being seen from 

 this height than from any other. Its great arms S /irrel and 

 Striding Edge lie stretched out as if on a map. The * men ' 

 on its summits are also seen, and the hollows which con- 

 tain its tarns. Most of the mountains of the district 

 are rugged and precipitous on the eastern, and rounded and 

 grassy on the western side. This is remarkably the case 

 with Helvellyn, and, as its relative position to the high 

 summits causes its being seen most frequently from the 

 western side, its full grandeur is not apparent till the traveller 

 has obtained the view of it from Kidsty Pike or the ridge 

 of High Street. (See page 60.) 



The descent may be made either to Mardale Green (de- 

 scribed in the Windermere Section) or to Troutbeck ; for 

 the latter route keep on the table-land until the Troutbeck 

 valley is well in view, when the track leading up from it can 

 be distinctly made out; follow this until the farm at the 

 foot of the tongue is reached. From this point the road 

 may be taken either to Windermere, or back again to Pat- 

 terdale over Kirkstone. 



