DESCENT OF SKIDD AW. 137 



" atop," — exposed as the summit is to the sea- 

 winds. If the stranger desires to take a leisurely 

 view, he must trouble his guide or his pony with 

 a railway wrapper, or something of the sort, to 

 enable him to stand his grouud. The descent may 

 be made, for the sake of variety, by a road through 

 Millbeck and the pretty village of Applethwaite ; 

 or by the west side of the mountain, and coming 

 out upon the road, just north of the village of 

 Bassenthwaite. The descent is often made, if the 

 travellers are on foot, by Longside. This arm of 

 the mountain is one of its chief characteristics, as 

 seen from the top. The guides have given it the 

 name of Gibraltar, since they were told of its singu- 

 lar resemblance to that place. If a more northerly 

 descent is chosen, a small tarn comes into view, this 

 is Overwater. 



