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the sides being as faithless as at the top, the Sharp Edge 

 expedition has less of safety in it than singularity. And 

 now, — those who, after this, like to go there, know what to 

 expect. 



The other mountain-lake, lying north-east of this, and 

 called ;©flbjscale Jl^arnis also reputed to reflect the stars at 

 noonday, but under so many conditions that it will be a 

 wonder if anybody ever has the luck to see them. It is in 

 this tarn that, in the belief of the country people, there are 

 two fish which cannot die ; — the same fish that used to wait 

 on the pleasure of the good Lord Clifford upon the moun- 

 tain, when, in his shepherd days, he learned mathematics 

 from the stars. 



The traveller can either return by the way he came, or by 

 Knowe Crags down upon Threlkeld ; but the most common 

 course is almost due south-west on the green slope.* On 

 nearing the Glenderaterra beck, which runs in the hollow 

 between Saddleback and Skiddaw, paths will be discovered 

 conducting down to the highway. Those, however, who 

 intend returning by railway, will veer round southwards 

 towards Threlkeld. 



ASCENT OP HELVELLYN. 

 (15 miles of road and 5^ of mountain-work.) 



The ascent of Helvellyn is best made from 5E>]^irfepat, 

 sometimes called Legberthwaite, and by the post-office 

 named Dale Head. The Ambleside road should be fol- 

 lowed for six miles, as far as the King's Head Inn, which 

 we have already noticed as being near the point where the 



* The footpath, due westwards, in the direction of the summit of 

 Skiddaw must be avoided, and left on the right. 



