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According to Colonel Mudge, the height of Helvellyn above the
level of the sea is 3055 feet; comparing it with Skiddaw, I
estimate it at something more. It is about 2540 feet above the
Nag's Head at Wythburn, from which place it is most frequently
ascended; the distance here being the shortest, and a guide can
be had. It is too steep to make use of horses, but by an active
person on foot it is easily surmountable. The ascent on this side
is no where difficult or dangerous; it may be commenced at the
six mile stone, at the King's Head, or other places nearer
Keswick, where the views by the way are less circumscribed that
(sic) at Wythburn. By leaving the turnpike road at Fisher Place,
the waterfalls in Brotto Gill on the left hand are brought into
notice; in one of these the water is projected further from the
rock than in any other cascade in the neighbourhood. From this
place as we advance in altitude, the lakes of Thirlmere and
Bassenthwaite are gradually developed to the sight; Skiddaw and
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