LLANDUDNO PARISH. 1^5 



their wings, while the gulls appeared to have ab- 

 solute enjoyment in the power of theirs, resisting 

 and even sporting in the wildest eddies of the 

 tempest. 



The mineralogical curiosities of this district 

 are fewer than those of mines, which traverse 

 quartzose rocks. I have observed, indeed, that 

 varieties of mineral productions are less numerous 

 in lime than in granitic or basaltic mines. Thus, 

 Cornwall, Scotland, Hungary, and Norway, 

 whose mines are chiefly foimd in the latter species 

 of rock, present many more species of minerals 

 than Pary's Moimtain, Orme's-Head, or the Peak. 

 A good vein of arseniate of copper, in some 

 places six and in one nine feet thick, has been 

 worked at Llandudno for several years. The 

 produce is equal in quality to that of the best 

 Anglesea ore, being 45 per cent, generally. This 

 I have on the testimony of the late William 

 Jones, the company's mine agent, at Llandudno. 

 Asbestus, of a coarse quality, malakite and va- 

 rieties of zeolite are the only other minerals 

 found in these mines. 



The geological structure of the parish is very 

 uniform. Lime, of the primitive kind, seems to 

 be the only rock, and in both the promontories, 

 lies at an angle of 40°, with the horizon. This 



