Black's Picturesque guide to the English Lakes ... Eighth edition

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BLACK'S PICTURESQUE GUISE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES. ■ DERWENTWATER FROM FRIARS CRAG BLACK'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES lUuslrtrtcb bt> $irkct gusta. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 6 NORTH BRIDGE. MDCCCLVIII. CONTENTS. PAGE List of the Illustrations Glossary of Local Appellatives vjjj Abstract of Tours , xxii Introductory Information . Kendal . Walks and Excursions from Kendal ... ji Longsleddale and Hawes Water 15 WlNDEEMERF. xg Bowness 9o Circuit of Windennere from Bowness .... 23 Walks and Excursions from Bowness .... 28 Ambleside 0= Walks and Excursions from Ambleside ... 37 Rydal, Grasmere, Easdale, and Thirlemers ... 42 The Langdale Excursion from Ambleside ... 54 Ascent of Wansfell Pike . , m Ambleside to Coniston g, Ambleside to Furness Abbey ... fi- Ulverston ... .... fis Walks and Excursions from Ulverston .... 69 Furness Abbey # ™ Broughton -.„ Broughton to Seathwaite and Ambleside by Road . .

VI CONTENTS. PAGE Ambleside to Keswick and Derwentwater ... 82 Kesvvick gg Walks and Excursions from Keswick 90 Derwentwater 91 Keswick by the Lake-side to Borrowdale .... 95 Honister Crag, Buttermere, Crummock, and Lowes Water . 97 Buttermere 100 Keswick to Vale of St. John ] 05 Keswick to Wastwater 109 Scawfell H2 Wastdale Head to Buttermere by Passes of Black Sail and Scarf Gap H5 Skiddaw U7 Blencathara or Saddleback 121 Ulleswater 194 Patterdale 12g Patterdale to Ambleside by Kirkstone Pass .... 130 Helvellyn 131 High Street 135 Penrith • 139 Walks and Excursions from Penrith 142 Lowtber Castle 156 Greystoke Castle 163 Excursion to Hawes Water 164 Walk from Lowther Vale to Patterdale .... 169 Whitehaven 170 Excursions from Whitehaven 173 St. Bees 173 St. Bees to Ennerdale Lake I75 St. Bees — Egremont to Wastwater 178 Geology of the Lake District 181 Index LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY BIRKET FOSTER.

ENGRAVED BY EDMUND EVANS. PAGE Derwentwater from Friars' Crag . . . Frontispiece. Bowness 1 Windermere from the Ferry 19 Windermere from near Bowness 22 At Low-wood Hotel, Windermere 25 The Ferry Hotel, Windermere 26 Mills at Ambleside 35 Rydal Lake 42 Lower Fall, Bydal 44- Rydal Mount 47 Grasmere 48 The Langdales 54 Lake Coniston 62 Furness Abbey 72 Plan of Furness Abbey 74 Greta Bridge, Keswick 85 Friars' Crag, Keswick 88 Lowdore Waterfall 95 Honister Crag 97 Yew Trees, Borrowdale 98 Buttermere 100 Skiddaw U? Ulleswater 124 Airey Force 126 Patterdale Church 125 Kirkstone Pass ON THE LOCAL APPELLATIVES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. It has been conceived that a short chapter on the probable deri vation and connection of the names of places in the Lake District would prove interesting, not only to the professed etymologist, but in some degree, also, to the majority of travellers in this region.