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thief;' and, she added, pathetically, ^I would not like that' 

 The hair and nails must not be cut for a much longer time, 

 for fear of a like result. The Yorkshire people put the 

 alternative of dirty and clean rather strongly in their pro- 

 verb, ' Better hev a barn wi' a mucky feace than wash its 

 noase off : ' but the Cumberland folk view the matter more 

 in a moral way, and refuse to have their children baptized 

 into thievery. 



Besides ascending Scafell from Wastdale, the tourist will 

 be glad to know of the shorter walks which may be taken. 

 That to the waterfalls on the north side of Lingmell is 

 perhaps the most important, ^eerg ©ill is a very long 

 and deep ravine under Great End; and the other, ©itla 

 ^orce, a lofty waterfall. This latter is formed of two 

 sister falls, each considerably higher, and having a much 

 larger body of water in it, than Scale Force : but not perhaps 

 falling quite so sheer. A narrow tongue of land divides 

 their leaps ; but the two streams meet together in a chasm 

 below which would itself be considered fine were not 

 Peers Gill so near a neighbour. There is here no female 

 guide who is to be satisfied with a shilling — no steps cut 

 in the rock, — no little gateway closed to the solitary 

 adventurer. On the other hand it is proper to state that 

 two streams have to be crossed before a good view of Girla 

 Force can be obtained ; ladies therefore should choose dry 

 weather, when the passage is easy enough, for this expedition. 

 Starting from Ritson's, we take the old road towards Styhead 

 down in the valley ; cross the stream where it is most con- 

 venient, and steer for the junction of Peers Gill and Girla 

 Force. We cross here to the left bank of the latter, and 

 ascending it to the point opposite the foot of the tongue, 

 get to the summit, not without a little difficulty, and are 



