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crossing Codale Fell, and getting into the Stake 

 road. 



There are other mountain-paths out of Lang- 

 dale. There is one into Easedale, easier than that 

 just described, and commonly used in good weather. 

 It was by this track that the unfortunate couple, 

 — the Greens, whose story is so well known, — 

 were lost in the snow, on their return from a sale 

 in Langdale, to their home and six children in 

 Easedale. 



There is also a very rough path at Langdale Head 

 up Eosset Ghyll, answering on the left to the Stake 

 road on the ri^ht. It at once catches 

 the eye ; and the invariable question 

 of the stranger is which of the two is the Stake. 

 This track leads by Angle Tarn to Esk Hause and 

 Sprinkling Tarn, and from the latter to the Sty 

 Head Pass. The point at which the path from 

 Langdale, and that from Sty Head join Esk Hause, 

 is called Fludder's Brow. It is a well-known 

 place of meeting for all the guides and shepherds 

 of the district. This is truly a glorious mountain- 

 walk. From Esk Hause, there is a singular view, 

 composed of three lines of landscape. One begins 

 with Borrowdale, lying immediately below, and 

 extends to Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, 

 past Skiddaw, in full glory, and on over the whole 

 intervening plain to the Solway and the Scotch 

 mountains. This is the north-western view. The 

 opposite, or south-eastern one begins with Lang- 

 dale, and proceeds with the opening of the Brathay 

 valley and Windermere, till it is closed in by 

 Ingleborough, in Yorkshire. The third, and inter- 

 mediate view, is down Eskdale, past its verdure 



