48 "a bull-fight." 



the terms being that the winner should have the 

 fallen animal. Josiah actually came riding his bull. 

 The battle was tremendous; and the Troutbeck 

 animal went down before Josiah' s^ and was given 

 by him to the poor of Troutbeck. These anecdotes 

 appear very strange to people who have lived in 

 towns, or among the more level manners of the 

 south ; and this is why we relate them. They are 

 among the curiosities of the district. Troutbeck is 

 the most primitive of the frequented valleys of 

 the district. To find any other so antique and 

 characteristic, it is necessary to leave the high road, 

 and explore the secluded dales of which the summer 

 tourist sees and hears nothing. The dale looks 

 from the uplands as if it had been scooped out 

 between the ridges with a gigantic scoop. Its 

 levels are parcelled out into small fields, of all 

 manner of shapes ; and the stream, — the hech 

 abounding in trout, — winds along the bottom, 

 from the foot of High Street, to fall into the lake 

 just by Calgarth. 



The road now followed by the tourist descends 

 into the vale sharply, by the abode of Admiral 

 Wilson, at The How, and crosses the bridge, in 

 full view of the chapel, which was consecrated in 

 1562, and thoroughly repaired in 1861. It is one 

 of the small churches that, with their square tower 

 and bell, look and sound so well in the dales. This 

 one seats one hundred and sixty worshippers. 



The lane on the right, just beyond The How, is the road to 

 Kentmere, Long Sleddale, and Hawes Water ; and it is also the 

 best route for ascending 111 Bell, already seen, with its fine conical 

 summit directly in front. There is a pathway, and indeed a 

 wheel-track nearly the whole way to the top of 111 Bell from 

 Troutbeck. High Street may also be reached by this route, pro- 



