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[en]tertainment, the ruggedness of the ground, and the danger of
being caught in a cloud - to which, from its situation, it is
more subject than its neighbours - altogether conspire against
its being visited by any other than hardy pedestrians: and
strangers should so calculate their time that night may not
overtake them on such places. To be enveloped in a cloud is of
itself disagreeable; cloud and night together would be dreadful.
Horses and carriages may be used as far as Seathwaite in
Borrowdale, after which there are various ways of ascending the
mountain at the discretion of the conductor. One way is to leave
the Wasdale road at the bridge, proceeding by the side of the
gill towards Esk Hause, (which some of our learned topographers
have converted into Ash-course,) and then turning up the back of
Great-end, which presents its bold rocky front towards
Borrowdale, and commands extensive prospects towards both
Derwentwater and Windermere. Beyond this there are two
unavoidable dips and rises before the summit of the highest Pike
can be gained. Another way is to follow the Wasdale road to
Sty-head Tarn; from thence, with Great-end Crag on the right,
pass Sprinkling Tarn and join the before-mentioned route. This is
perhaps the easiest way, but rather circuitous. From Sty-head
Tarn the ascent may be made by steep clambering to the top of
Great-end, which affords fine views by the way, and is nearer
then the last. But many - after hav-
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