10 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1832 



Ehodiola, Cryptogramma crispa, Viola palustris, etc. After dinner 

 walked a short distance up the Llanberis Pass, or Cwmglas, as it 

 is called in Welsh. 



July 2. Started at a little after nine o'clock to ascend the 

 top of Snowdon, went a short distance on the road to Dolbadarn 

 castle, and then ascended a steep grassy slope extending to the top 

 of the range of hills between the upper lake of Llanberis (or Lyn 

 Peris) and Cwm Brwynog, then turning to the left followed the 

 road to the copper mine for some distance, then ascending the steep 

 bank called Llechwedd-y-R6 we soon arrived at the spring near the 

 place called Bwlch Glas Gap. This is the place at which the horses 

 of those who ride up are left. The ascent from this point is 

 steep and rocky and about half-a-mile. Directly under the top 

 (Y-Wyddfa) is the precipice called Clogwyn-y-Garnedd, at the 

 foot of which is seen the little lake Ffynnon las, and beyond that, 

 connected with it by a river, Llyn Llydaw. We continued for 

 some time at or near the top, collecting in Clogwyn-y-Garnedd. 

 We found, amongst others, Sazifraga nivalis, S. caespifosa and S. 

 hypndides, Cerastium latifolium, Arenaria verna, Carex rigida, etc. We 

 then descended by the same road as that of our ascent. Holmes 

 found for me in Clogwyn-y-Garnedd Chrysom. cerealis not far 

 from the top; I also observed Atopa cervina in plenty on the 

 very top. 



July 4. Crossed the river near the aqueduct and found Montia 

 fontana y3 major {1) and afterwards, on a steep rocky bank rather 

 farther up the pass than the church, but on the opposite side of the 

 river, the Trollius Europaeus. We then returned home, as it began 

 to rain hard. Afterwards we went out, and I got a few water- 

 beetles. 



July 5. Started at half-past nine o'clock and ascended the same 

 way as before towards Snowdon, but instead of going to the top, 

 went to the mine in Clogwyn-dd<i'r-ardd<i ; found there Cystopteris 

 fragilis, Asplenium viride, Thalidrum alpinum, Arenaria verna, Saxir 

 fraga hypnoides, etc. ; then went down to the lake (Llyn-ddft'r-arddft), 

 once black, now green from the effects of the copper, and ascended 

 towards the more perpendicular part of the rock just over the lake, 

 worked it well all the way to the end and found Trollius Europaeits, 

 . Arabis petraea, Carex speirostachya, Thalidrum minus, Sazifraga caespi- 

 tosa, etc., returned along the side of the valley, and round by 

 Dolbadarn new inn. 



July 7. Went in the morning to see Mr. A. Smith's slate 

 quarries at Yr-Allt-Dd<i and Clogwyn-y-gifran, situated on the 

 side of Glydr-y-Vawr at a great elevation above the north-east 

 side of the upper Llanberis lake ; from thence there is a 

 railwa)'' to Aber-y-Pvvll, about the centre of the Menai Straits, 

 where the slates are shipped. The lower part of the quarry is 



