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under its parent on the south-western side, — half 

 wav between the mountain and the head of Bassen- 

 thwaite. The ascent is perfectly easy; and the 

 summit commands, not only the two lakes, their 

 immediate plain and surrounding mountains, but 

 the vale of Lorton, the Solway, and the Scotch 

 range of summits beyond. 



VII. Turning now to the western side of the 

 Lake, the stranger will please himself among the 

 various tracks which he will find be- 

 tween the river Derwent on its issue 

 from the lake, and Derwent Water Bay, — the 

 chief harbour of the lake. He will visit Portin- 

 scale, a mile from Keswick, and, turning south- 

 wards, descend at pleasure to the margin of the 

 water through the woods at Faw Park, or ascend 

 Swinside ; or g*o on to the hamlet of Swinside, 

 at the entrance of the vale of Newlands, — little 

 more than two miles from Keswick. He can 

 take his choice whether to climb Catbells, or under- 

 take the more arduous enterprise of ascending 

 Causey Pike. If he goes up Causey Pike, the 

 summit of which is three miles from the nearest 

 part of the lake-shore, he ought to have a guide, 

 and will be wise to make the whole round by the 

 ridges which connect Grassmoor with Griscdale 

 Pike, whence the descent is easy upon Braithwaite, 

 a village two and a half miles from Keswick. This 

 is a most lovely circuit, commanding first and last 

 the bright and populous valley of the two lakes, 

 and, for the rest of the way, the Vale of Newlands, 

 with its quiet sheep-walks and folds, and the green 

 steeps of Buttermere Haws, and the wild recesses 

 of the mountain group occupying the space between 



