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also runs at the opposite end. The road then led us along a ledge 

 on the side of the mountain called Carnedd Davidd, by a waterfall, 

 into the valley of Nant Francon, which we followed by the slate 

 quarries to Bangor. (The quarries are on the side of a mountain, 

 which at a distance looks as if it were formed of heaps of loose 

 slates, and is of great elevation ; the slates are brought to Bangor 

 by a railway.) As soon as we got out of the valley, and had left 

 the great mountains behind us, we obtained a fine view of the Bay 

 of Beaumaris, bounded on one side by Priestholme, or Ceriol's Isle, 

 and on the other by the Great Orme's Head, which projecting into 

 the sea, and being joined to the land by a low tract of country, 

 looked like an island. Nearer at hand we saw Penmaenmawr, pre- 

 senting its precipitous face to the sea, round which the road from 

 Bangor to Conway winds, the isle of Anglesea, and town of 

 Beaumaris with its Castle, the city of Bangor, and the Menai Straits. 

 On arriving at Bangor, we dined with the rest of the passengers, 

 and after they were gone walked into the inn (Penrhyn Arms) 

 garden, which overhangs the sea, and found on a rocky bank in it 

 the Luzula sylvatica in great beauty. After amusing ourselves for 

 some time there, we took a car and went over the Menai Bridge and 

 along the beautiful road made by the late Lord Buckley, to Beau- 

 maris, where we put up at the Bull, then started to hunt for lodgings, 

 (in which we could not suit ourselves), and inspected the Castle, 

 which is very perfect and well worth examination. The next day 

 (July 7) we determined on walking to Carnarvon, a distance of 

 ten-and-a-half miles, which would have been very pleasant had it not 

 rained the last seven miles, so that we were glad to arrive at the 

 Uxbridge Arms, Carnarvon, to dinner. Went out in the evening 

 and hired lodgings, myself for no fixed time, my friends for three 

 months, to read. 



July 8. Having obtained lodgings we took a large sailing boat 

 for ten shillings to carry us to Beaumaris and bring us and our 

 boxes etc. back, but after we had had a beautiful sail through the 

 straits, and passed under the Menai Bridge, and taken our things on 

 board at Beaumaris and Bangor, we found that the wind was so high 

 that we should not be able to get back by water and therefore got 

 out and walked, and left the boat to bring our things as soon as it 

 could get (which it did at the next tide). We found on the way 

 Lepidium Smithii, Sagina apetala, etc. 



July 9. Walked about the town botanizing, etc. Dined at 

 Mallet's lodgings, where we shall dine every day. 



July 11. Sunday. Went to the church, which is a neat one, 

 having one of its sides formed of part of the town wall, and its 

 tower being a round stunted one belonging originally to the same. 

 The bell is in a little open arch on the top of the tower. Eained 

 most of the day. Thermometer 61°. 



