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to diverge to the left at Hartsop, to see Hays Water. The
track passes among the farms, and beside the beck, between
the mountains, and up till the source is reached,- the
secluded tarn called Hays Water. This little lake is a mile
and a-half from the main road, and the ascent is rather
steep. It is the delight of the angler, because it is also
the delight of the trout. It is overhung by High Street; so
that perhaps the Roman eagles, as well as the native birds
of the rocks, have cast their shadows upon its surface. Not
far off lies Angle Tarn, on the southern end of Place Fell.
Both these tarns send their brooks down, to swell the stream
from Brothers' Water, which is itself supplied from the
busy, noisy beck that descends the Kirkstone Pass; and the
whole, united with a tributary from Deepdale, form the clear
brown stream which winds through Patterdale, and empties
itself into Ullswater. Brothers' Water derives its name from
the accident - which is said to have happened twice,- of
brothers being lost in it, in the attempt of one to save the
other. On one of the two occasions, the accident happened
through the breaking of the ice, when the brothers were
making a venturesome short cut across it to church.- No
persuasion of ours can be necessary to induce any traveller
to visit Deepdale, if he has time. Its aspect from the road
is most tempting;- only, it cannot, like the walk to Hays
Water, be accomplished, in the longest summer day, in
addition to the route given for the day.
An account of Ambleside will be found at p.p.41, 55.
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