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Contents page i:-

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CONTENTS.


PART I.

WINDERMERE ... ... 3
BOWNESS ... ... 9
Walk by Cook's House ... ... 14
Steamboat Trip ... 16
FIRST TOUR. To Furness Abbey and Coniston. ... ... 21
SECOND TOUR. To Patterdale and Ambleside ... ... 33
THIRD TOUR. To Skelwith and Grasmere ... ... 45
A day on the Mountains ... ... 57

PART II.

To Keswick from Ambleside ... ... 67
Excursions from Keswick ... ... 74
I. Derwent Water ... ... 74
II. By Watendlath to Borrowdale and back by Lodore ... ... 76
III. By vale of Newlands to Scale Hill, and back by Whinlatter ... ... 83
IV. Circuit of Bassenthwaite ... ... 88
V. Ascent of Skiddaw ... ... 90
VI. Ascent of Saddleback ... ... 94

PART III.


CIRCUIT OF THE LAKE DISTRICT.

FIRST TOUR. From Keswick by Patterdale to Ambleside ... 103
SECOND TOUR. From Ambleside to Strands ... 106
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THIRD TOUR. From Strands and Wastwater to Scale Hill Inn ... 118
FOURTH TOUR. From Scale Hill to Keswick by Honister Crag ... 131

PART IV.


PASSES AND MOUNTAINS.

Langdale from Borrowdale, by the Stake Pass ... 145
Path to Easedale ... 148
Path to Esk Hause ... 150
Sty Head Pass, from Wastdale to Borrowdale ... 152
Ascent of SCAWFELL ... 157
Pass of Scarf Gap ... 161
Grisedale ... 163
Ascent of HELVELLVN ... 164
Coniston OLD MAN ... 167
Walna Scar ... 167
Hawes Water ... 170
Pass of Nanbield ... 174
Weather in the Lake District ... 177

PART V.


FLOWERING PLANTS, FERNS, AND MOSSES.

Windermere and its Neighbourhood ... 181
Cumberland ... 192

PART VI.


DIRECTORY.

The postal address of the Aristocracy, Gentry and Tradespeople of the District.
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