1832] JOUKNAL— WELSH TOUR. 9 



June 26. Left Cheltenham at quarter before 6 in the morning 

 by a coach called "L'Hirondelle," which runs as far as Liverpool in 

 fourteen hours. It goes through Kidderminster, where we breakfasted, 

 from thence to Bridgnorth, which is built on the top, and under a 

 very steep hill, of new red sandstone, having houses cut out of the 

 rock, with chimneys built up the side of it, so as to take the smoke 

 out of the way. . . . Arrived at Shrewsbury, and was met at the 

 inn by Holmes, who had just arrived by the Bangor mail from 

 London, and Leighton, who lives near to Shrewsbury, 



June 27. Left Shrewsbury at quarter before 6 a.m. ... At 

 about a mile from Oswestry we passed within about 200 yards of a 

 fine fortification, called Hen Dinas (the old city), and anciently Caer 

 ogyrfan, from a hero of that name in the time of Arthur ; it is 

 worth seeing. . . . The next point worthy of notice is the first view 

 of Snowdon, from the vicinity of Cernioge inn ; for some miles of the 

 road in this part the whole of the Snowdonian range is seen to very 

 great advantage, if the day is fine. A short distance before arriving 

 at Bettws-y-Coed, a fine waterfall is passed on the left-hand side of 

 the road, called Rhaiadr-y-Machno ; it is not seen well from the road. 

 At Bettws is left on the right Pont-y-Pair, a curious bridge over the 

 river Llugwy, a short distance up which, and close to the road, the 

 waterfall called Rhaiadr-y-Wenol is situated. The next stage is 

 Capel Curig. . . . The road now continues through the mountains 

 in a very barren but grand country, close on the bank of Llyn 

 Ogwen, and having the lofty and peculiar mountain Trevaen on the 

 left ; it is then carried along the side of Carnedd Davidd till within 

 a few miles of Bangor. 



June 28. Walked to see the slate quarries at Dolawen, near 

 Llyn Merig, the property of Mr. Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle. They 

 are now cut into the very heart of the mountain, and employ more 

 than 1600 men. The slates are conveyed by a railroad to Port 

 Penrhyn, near Bangor, from which place they are shipped, twelve 

 shiploads having this year gone from them to America. 



June 29. "Went to Carnarvon by the coach at nine o'clock in 

 the morning, and on our arrival there started to walk to Llanberis 

 to see if we could find accommodation for a few days. Having done 

 so at the "Vaynol Arms," kept by R. Closs (at the rate of one 

 shilling a meal and one shilling a bed), we went back to Carnarvon. 

 On our arrival at the latter place we found Harold Browne (of 

 Emmanuel College), who was going to stop the summer in that part 

 of the country with two pupils, one of whom, Jacob, of Emmanuel 

 College, arrived soon after. 



June 30. After breakfasting with Harold Browne and Jacob, 

 they started to walk to Tremadoc to see if they could get accommo- 

 dation to stay there, and we took a car to Llanberis. We walked 

 part of the way up Snowdon and found Sazifraga hypnoides, Sedum 



