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the names of Patterdale and Matterdale, which become 

 more interesting as soon as their origin is known. From 

 Matterdale the road drops down upon Gowbarrow Park, 

 described in the Patterdale Section. It is a usual practice 

 to send on the carriage to one of the inns, (weather permit- 

 ting), when the driver will order dinner to be ready in two 

 hours or so : and then the traveller will explore the park, 

 and see ..^ta IRorce, and walk the remaining three or four 

 miles, — enjoying on his way, the very finest views of Ulls- 

 water. 



II. — ^ailtoag anti ^oac^. The only difference from 

 the foregoing account is that the railway is taken for the 

 first nine miles to Troutbeck Station, where coaches for 

 Patterdale meet the trains. As these arrangements are 

 sometimes altered, it will be well to consult the time-tables 

 for the current month. 



(8i miles of road and 3 of hill-work.) 

 III. — By j^tg ^ags, which is the northern shoulder of 

 Helvellyn. Any of the coachmen on the Windermere and 

 Keswick road will put passengers down at the exact spot 

 from whence the ascent of the Pass should be commenced. 

 It is a few hundred yards beyond the southern end of St. 

 John's Vale at a farm called Stanah. The path goes through 

 the farm-yard and then passes to high-ground on the southern 

 side of the beck, when steep zig-zags at once commence. 

 It is well defined, being used by the miners who live at 

 Keswick, or in the cottages at the western side of the 

 mountain, and the direction is almost due east. In two 

 miles and a-half the ridge is reached, at an elevation of 

 about 2,300 feet. The descent is by the northern side of 

 Free Mossdale Burn, which feeds the Reservoir, about a mile 



