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House, soon reaching the stream that feeds Barrow Fall. 

 Presently j^Lsljness ^ritige is reached, from which there is a 

 much admired scene in a northerly direction, the bold crest 

 of falcon <Srrag being on the right, Skiddaw beyond, and 

 Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite stretching out below. 

 The road is now over the bridge and through the wood. 

 Between here and the tarn (about two miles) there are several 

 fine points of view which will suggest themselves to the 

 enquiring tourist. When we reach the little foot-bridge be- 

 tween "y^S^atentilatfi 3? am and the verge of the crag, the 

 peep down the chasm shews the lake and the Skiddaw range 

 in beautiful union. Helvellyn rises to the east, Scafell and 

 Bowfell shew themselves in front, all the way down to Borrow- 

 dale. The descent into Rosthwaite is the concluding treat. 

 The way is easy, — a gentle slope over grass and elastic 

 heather, the whole surface starred over with bright heath 

 flowers. The head of the dale, — imposing under all 

 aspects, — opens out and seems to be spreading its green 

 levels for the stranger's rest. The passes to Langdale by 

 the Stake, to Wastwater by Sty Head, and to Buttermere by 

 Honister Crag, disclose themselves round the projecting 

 Glaramara. Further round to the right lies Grange and 

 the lake ; and beneath lies ^ogti^bjaite with the prattling 

 stream behind, which must be crossed by the stone bridge 

 to reach the little inn where the traveller will find his carriage 

 awaiting him. This inn has lately been enlarged, and now 

 offers comfortable accommodation to tourists who may wish 

 to remain in this beautiful dale. 



Before turning his face towards the lake, the traveller 

 must go forward a few yards from the inn, to a point 

 where he will see a narrow entrance and steps in the right- 

 hand fence. He must go in there, and mount that little 

 hill, called @mt\ti)zati, from which the truest and best 

 view of the whole of Borrowdale is obtained. 



