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Page 80:-
the eastern side from Ennerdale village: the view from How
Hall, or Castle How, anciently the seat of the Patricksons,
now belonging to the Senhouses, embraces the lake between
Herd House and Bowness Knott on the left, and Angling Stone
and Anglebarrow on the right, with the Steeple and Pillar
between them. On the Smithy Beck, beyond Bowness, are some
beautiful cascades. A mile and a half from the water is the
lonely farm of Gillerthwaite; whence you may pursue the Liza
(once the channel of a dreadful water-spout) in a course of
five miles to its source in Great Gable, which lies at the
head of the valley.
'A mountain-valley in its blessed breast
Receives the stream, which their (sic) delights to lie,
Untroubled and at rest,
Beneath the untainted sky,
Where in a lovely lake it seems to sleep.'
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Scarth Gap
Black Sail Pass
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On the left, it is possible to pass over the Scarf Gap into
Buttermere; on the right, over the Black Sale, between
Kirkfell and the Pillar, into the head of Mosedale, and
thence to Wastdale Head. This water may also be approached
from Buttermere Inn by Scale Force and Floutern Tarn; or
from Scale Hill, through Mosedale, to Floutern Tarn; or by
High Nook near Lowes Water, over Blake Fell, past the west
end of Gavel Fell, to the village of Crossdale. These paths
are mentioned rather with a view of informing the pedestrian
tourist what is practicable, than of recommending such to
his notice for adoption.
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-- "How Hall" -- How Hall Farm
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-- "Liza, The" -- Liza, River
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-- Smithy Beck
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