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Page 71:-
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Mickledore
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[com]plete panorama than any other point. These, though only
twelve hundred yards in a direct distance, are separated by
a chasm called the Mickle Door, costing a distance of two
miles' sever travelling to overcome. Very little or rather
no vegetation is to be seen on this fell; rocks, and large
blocks of stone piled one upon another, are the principal
features, and the geographicus lychnicus appears in
particular beauty. The distance of Scafell from any house of
entertainment, the rugged ground, and the danger of being
caught in mists, prevent this mountain from being visited by
any but hardy pedestrians, neither would we recommend such
even to venture without a guide.
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Wasdale Head
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WASTDALE.
The road is cut in a serpentine manner down the side of
Great Gable, having Great End and the Pikes on the left.
Over Lingmell Crags, the ground-work of the Pikes, is seen
the deep, confined, and fruitful valley of Wastdale Head,
with its chapel and half-dozen houses scattered upon a plain
of meadow and corn-ground, divided into chequers by stone
walls. Beyond, within a bed of steep rocky mountains of
pure, unmixed, impenetrable sterility, is the long, narrow,
stern, and desolate lake of Wast Water, to the head of which
from these houses it is two miles. Refreshment may be had at
any of these very respectable statesmen, and the tourist
will not offend them by offer-
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-- "Scafell Pikes" -- Scafell Pike
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-- "Wastdale Head" -- Wasdale Head
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-- "Wast Water" -- Wast Water
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