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a field into the road by the lake, less than two miles from 

 Keswick. 



There is still another way down. The tourist may pur- 

 sue the pony-track along the mountain over the top of 

 ^alcqn ©Ttas, and down to ^artob3f, which affords some 

 of the choicest points of view. If he inquires as he goes, he 

 may learn the precise spot on which the Castle of the Der- 

 went water family stood, in the reign of Edward III, when it 

 ceased to be the family residence. 



LATRIGG AND DOD FELL. 

 (To the summit of both hills and back, 9 miles. ) 

 It will be seen by the maps, that ^attlgCf is one of the 

 spurs or buttresses at the south-west of Skiddaw. It is 

 approached by the road towards the railway station, just be- 

 fore reaching which, the turn to the right must be taken, be- 

 tween the river and the hotel — under the railway — the first 

 path on the left, and then the first turn (a lane) on the right. '^' 

 x% This leads to the summit, where a grand prospect repays 

 the slight exertion. The heights are familiar, excepting, 

 perhaps, the Helvellyn mass on the south. 



Probably no one ever pursued the road to Latrigg without 

 longing to follow the paths seen to wind through the woods 

 above the Greta. Southey in his ^ Colloquies,' speaks of the 

 scenery here as * of the finest and most rememberable kind. 



From a jutting isthmus, round which the tortuous 



river twists, you may look over its manifold windings, up the 

 water to Blencathera; down it, over a high and wooded 



* This point can be reached from the northern end of Keswick, 

 by taking a lane in an easterly direction near the toll-gate. There can 

 be no difficulty for those who know the point aimed for. 



