160 EEOM BOUT TO WASTDALE HEAD. 



others on the g-reen. The one to the rig-ht leads 

 to the lake. Sweeping' round to the left, and pas- 

 sing the church, — so small and domestic-looking 

 as to appear like a house, — the road reaches the 

 two little inns. They are humble but clean ; and 

 horses can be had, and boats for the lake. 



There is a beautiful walk of six miles across the fells from Bout 

 to Wastdale Head. The track passes Burnmoor Tarn. The stream 

 from the tarn finds its course down to Bout, so the traveller might 

 be guided by it, but he will save himself much distance and a 

 good deal of bog, if he can find the landmarks which serve as 

 guides to the country people. He crosses the stream at a pictur- 

 esque watermill soon aiter leaving Bout, and follows the path 

 through one or two gates. When he finds himself on the fells, he 

 must look out for an old thorn tree. There are three, and he 

 must pass them all, leaving them on his right hand. After he has 

 left the third behind he will, by continuing to walk in the same 

 direction, soon come in sight of the tarn. It would be well if 

 some more lasting landmarks were substituted for these old trees, 

 two of which are already dead, and the third does not look as if 

 it would long survive its fellows. The chief interest of this walk 

 is in the latter portion. The road crosses the stream as it issues 

 from the tarn, on the eastern side, and then the way lies between 

 Scawfell and the Screes. Wastdale Head and Wast Water come 

 into sight during the descent, which is made by a well marked 

 path, used by peat-cutters whose huts are passed by the roadside. 



Now we must see how the party by Fell Foot 

 has fared. 



Their route has been described as far as Skelwith 



Bridge (p. 47) ; — viz., the road by Clappersgate, 



and the Brathay valley, in which, how- 



™kdI^b.™ ever, they must keep_ the right-hand 



road. Passing Skelwith Bridge, they 



had better, if on foot, go through the gap in the 



wall mentioned in p. 74, and follow the path in 



the wood which leads them out into the road at 



the top of the hill. About a mile from thence, 



they must take the road to the right, which turns 



