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from the fate of a young man, a stranger, who perished some
years ago, by falling down the rocks in his attempt to cross
over to Grasmere. His remains were discovered by means of a
faithful dog that had lingered here for the space of three
months, self-supported, and probably retaining to the last
an attachment to the skeleton of its master. But to return
to the road in the main Vale of Ullswater. - At the head of
the Lake (being now in Patterdale) we cross a fifth Stream,
Grisedale Beck: this would conduct through a woody steep,
where may be seen some unusually large ancient hollies, up
to the level area of the Valley of Grisedale; hence there is
a path for foot-travellers, and along which a horse may be
led, to Grasmere. A sublime combination of mountain forms
appears in front while ascending the bed of this valley, and
the impression increases till the path leads almost
immediately under the projecting masses of Helvellyn. Having
retraced the banks of the Stream to Patterdale, and pursued
the road up the main Dale, the next considerable steam
would, if ascending in the same manner, conduct to
Deep-dale, the character of which Valley may be conjectured
from its name. It is terminated by a cove, a craggy and
gloomy abyss, with precipitous sides; a faithful receptacle
of the snows that are driven into it, by the west wind, from
the summit of Fairfield. Lastly, having gone along the
western side of Brotherswater and passed Hartsop Hall, a
Stream soon after is-
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