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led with the tall pubescent Cotton-grass (JErioplwrum 

 pubescens, Smith,) and covered with the shrubby and 

 fragrant sweet Myrtle (Myrica Gale). In the same 

 vicinity but in drier meadow spots was a good deal of 

 the Whorled Caraway (Carum vertidllatwm). It was 

 a burning morning, and fatiguing work ascending the 

 barren mountains, so that long ere we reached Pont 

 Henrhyd we were glad to shelter in a neat Welch 

 cottage and refresh ourselves with milk. The little 

 bridge over the torrent is rather pretty, and a short 

 distance below it the stream plunges into a deep 

 chasm hemmed in by wooded precipices not easily 

 descended. With some difficulty we got down into 

 the ravine, gathering in our way Rubus saxatilis, and 

 finer specimens of Polypodiim pTiegopteris than pre- 

 viously seen. An old overturned mountain-ash trunk 

 lay in the glen most elegantly wreathed with Aspi- 

 dium viride, seldom seen except on rocks. 



On leaving Scwd-yr-Henrhyd, an incident subjected 

 us to some little difficulty, for a Welchman, from 

 G-lyn Neath, whom we had engaged to carry baggage, 

 finding we were resolved to proceed direct towards 

 Swansea, turned restive, and would go no farther, so 

 we were obliged to become our own camels. This on 

 a burning summer's day lessened our pace, but fortu- 

 nately when almost tired out we happened to pass by 

 the mansion of a hospitable gentleman who invited us 

 to his board, and with whom we spent an evening 

 long to be remembered. But we consequently did 

 not reach Neath until past midnight, and had some 

 difficulty in procuring accommodation at that time. 

 Another day of botanical research led us by the Neath 

 Canal, Britton Ferry, and across Cromlyn Burrows, 



