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stool. No " stout gentleman" of fourteen 

 stone and upwards, and who is besides rather 

 asthmatic, should attempt this route, lest he 

 should become exhausted when half way up 

 the hill, and have to be conveyed down again 

 on a sledge, like a load of peats. Passing 

 the waterfall of Lowdore, near the head of 

 the lake, and the Bowder stone a huge 

 fragment of rock like the Grampus hospital 

 ship turned keel upwards the road lies 

 directly up Borrowdale as far as Seatoller, 

 where it ascends the hill to the right. In 

 some parts of the ascent it becomes a mere 

 sheep track, and is not easy to find ; and in 

 one or two places, should the traveller diverge 

 too far to the north, he runs the risk of 

 sinking up to his knees in a bog expert o 

 crede. From the top of the hill the descent 

 to the vale of Buttermere is by a steep and 

 uneven road, interspersed with large stones 

 and fragments of rock, by the side of which 

 a brawling stream pursues its rapid course 

 to the lake below. About half way down 



