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Pass till he has left behind the row of small houses 

 on his right, which are the last dwellings on the 

 Ambleside side. Not long after, he sees a gate 

 (the third on his left) through which he must pass. 

 He immediately begins to ascend a steep, winding, 

 grassy road, between stone walls. He gets a fine 

 view of Rydal and Grasmere as he proceeds, and 

 more and more of the landscape opens around him. 

 His road is clear enough. He has only to keep 

 between the walls so long as they run parallel : 

 where they end he finds a stile which he must 

 climb. He then keeps a wall on his left for some 

 distance, and crosses a steep and rocky piece of 

 ground, at the end of which he comes to a gate.* 

 This gate is in a line south-west of a cairn near 

 the top, and it is important not to miss it, or 

 the traveller may get entangled in walls. Once 

 over the gate, his way lies across the open fells to 

 the ridge, in a direct line before him. From this 

 point the way is easy, for the ground is smooth 

 and gently sloping and the top is in full view. 

 There is a fine view from every part of the ridge, 

 but it is from the summit (marked by a pile of 

 stones), that the whole panorama opens before him. 

 Below lies Brothers' Water, with ridge after ridge 

 of mountains branching off in all directions. Fur- 

 ther off, Ullswater comes into view: while, by turn- 

 ing round, the stranger sees various peaks he has 

 left behind, with patches of lake and sea visible 

 between them. The view in this direction is similar 

 to what is described as seen from the Dove Cray's, 



* This gate has recently been built up. It is still there, but 

 has been covered with stones on both sides. The wall must now 

 be climbed at this point. 



