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.uianberis. The Caernarvon road being clearly visible, 

 he felt no doubt of finding his way, and ridiculed every 

 persuasion offered to divert him from his purpose. 

 The following morning a party was ascending Snow- 

 don about four o'clock, to see the sun rise, when they 

 were alarmed by shouts and cries of distress from 

 the Beddgelert side of the mountain. "Williams, one 

 of the attendants of the party, hastened down to the 

 quarter from whence the cries proceeded, when he 

 discovered the same gentleman who had left his party 

 the day before, in a dreadfully cold and exhausted 

 state from long wandering without food, and exposure 

 to the night air. It appeared that he had been de- 

 ceived by a distant shining rivulet, which he had 

 mistaken for the road, and being unable to regain the 

 track, as well as bewildered among the intricacies of 

 the mountain as twilight came on, he had wandered 

 to and fro in confusion and uncertainty, till overcome 

 by cold and exhaustion ; and it is probable he would 

 have perished, but for the circumstance I have men- 

 tioned. As it was, serious illness ensued, and he was 

 confined to his room, at Llanberis, for above a fort- 

 night.* 



At length I stood on Snowdon. Dull and dark, 

 and cold, the clouds hung about its subject heights, 

 and obscured three parts of the landscape, and its 

 lakes slumbered in their deep hollows like misty mir- 

 rors two or three, however, putting on a beautiful 

 sea-green tint. Twenty-five glitter amidst hollow 

 glens and ragged crags on a very clear day, but I 



* The melancholy fate of poor STAKE, a clergyman of Northampton, 

 who perished amidst the Snowdon rocks, under very mysterious circum- 

 stances, and whose remains were not discovered till some months after 

 his death, is still the talk of guides and tourists. 



