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bareness. Passing over some lower ridges, Glaramara, which 

 forms * the fork ' and is * the tongue ' of Borrowdale is seen 

 swelling above the intervening heights. Next comes the cen- 

 tral peak of Scafell and Great End, filling up the space be- 

 tween the sweep of Glaramara and Gate Crag : and con- 

 spicuous in the fore-rank, is Castle Crag, a bold conical 

 height at the entrance to Borrowdale. Next, behind the 

 front ridge of Catbells, the Buttermere mountains show 

 themselves ; Great Robinson, High Stile, Red Pike, the 

 Knotts, and Rowling End : and towering opposite Causey 

 Pike. The best time for enjoying this walk is early morn- 

 ing, — for those who do not object to dewy paths. It is a 

 favourite place for pic-nics which are sometimes got up on a 

 large scale ; and it is the resort of all strangers. 



CROW PARK, COCKSHOT, AND FRIAR'S CRAG. 

 (2 miles.) 



Crow Park is the spot best known to fire-side travellers by 

 the repeated mention of it in Gray's Letters. It lies be- 

 tween the town and the northern end of the lake, and is 

 therefore close at hand, to be enjoyed in any odd half-hour. 

 Gray went there the last thing at night, and the first in the 

 morning. He saw * the solemn colouring of night draw on, 

 the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill tops, the 

 deep serene of the waters, and the long shadow of the 

 mountains thrown across them, till they nearly touched the 

 hithermost shore. At a distance were heard the murmurs 

 of many waterfalls, not audible in the day-time.' At that 

 time, 1769, there were large roots remaining of the old oaks 

 that once formed a glade here, — a noble approach to the 



