33^ ©rirciilar SPours* 



inquiries in any dale he visits, or at any farmhouse he passes, 

 he will hear of tourists who have lost their way, many of 

 them getting into difficulty and danger, and having to spend 

 the night upon the mountains. Every house has its tale of 

 one or more strangers coming in cold and exhausted after 

 such nights, and seeking help ; or of others only saved from 

 such a fate by having met with the farmer, or some one of 

 his men, who has directed them into the right road to their 

 destination. Often, again, a stranger may be heard to relate 

 how he has left one valley with the intention of crossing to 

 another, and, after hours of walking, has at last found him- 

 self in the same from which he started, or even in one west 

 of it, when he thought he was going east. The sequel to 

 all these stories is that the stranger had no compass. A 

 sudden fog may perplex even the best guides ; then also a 

 compass is a necessary help. * Ah nivver sud eh gitten 

 'em doon seeaf, if yan et gentlemen hedent hed a compass,' 

 said one of the guides in relating an adventure among the 

 mists on Scafell ; and plenty more might give similar testi- 

 mony. 



WALKING TOUR OF NINE DAYS. 



BEGINNING AND ENDING AT WINDERMERE. 



First Day. — TOmtJermerE : visit Orrest Head and 

 EUeray. Boianess; circuit of Lake by steamer, arriving 

 at amblesftie. 



Second Day. — Visit Rydal Falls, Rydal Water, and 

 ffirasmere. Ascend Fairfield and explore Easedale. 



