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or by the west side of the mountain, and coming out upon 

 the road, just north of the village of Bassenthwaite. It 

 is often made, if the travellers are on foot, by Longside. 

 This arm of the mountain is one of its leading characteris- 

 tics, as seen from the top. The guides have given it the 

 name of Gibraltar, since they were told of its singular re- 

 semblance to that place. If a more northerly descent is 

 chosen, a small tarn comes into view. This is Overwater. 



It is easy to pass from Skiddaw to the top of Saddle- 

 back, about six miles of hill work. The best direction is 

 by the gamekeeper's cottage, and then by the high side of 

 Lonscale Fell and Raughton Gill. The latter portion has 

 a well-marked track. 



THE ASCENT OF SADDLEBACK, 

 (ii miles of road and 5 of mountain work.) 



There is no difficult work in the ascent of j^atitlrfjacfe 

 (formerly Blencathra) ; the railway can be taken to Threl- 

 keld, which reduces the pedestrian work to 6 miles, and that 

 latter can be done on ponies. The villagers at 5I?SfteIfeeIb 

 will point out a path up Gate Gill, which goes almost direct 

 up the mountain from there ; but the better way is to go on 

 the road another two miles to the toll-gate at j©cal£0, 

 where there is a piece of open ground on the left. This 

 latter is to be crossed to a gate which opens upon the hill- 

 path, leading on the breast of j© outlier JB{t\L For nearly 

 a mile a wall is followed in an easterly direction ; then turn 

 to the left into the depression where the infant stream 

 Glenderamachin runs. This leads up to jScales JE^atn, 

 from whence the top is visible and easily reached. 



Souther Fell, over which we have just passed, is the 



