1855] JOURNAL— EXCURSIONS IN WALES & SHROPSHIRE. 179 



Aug. 7. To Shrewsbury ... for the meeting of the Archaeo- 

 logical Institute. 



Aug. 8. Went with the excursion party to Wroxeter, Wenlock, 

 and Buildwas. 



Aug. 10. Went to Ludlow with the party. Dined with the 

 Mayor of Shrewsbury in the evening. 



Aug. 11. Walked to Haughmond Abbey. 



Aug. 13. Excursion to Llangollen. The boat on the canal 

 failed in its work, and we were thus much delayed. 



Aug. 15. Left Salop by rail to Bangor. 



Aug. 16. With Eev. J. Earle to Llanberis. Went up the pass, 

 and gathered Arctium pubens. Saw plenty of Epilohium obscurwniy 

 but no H. tetragonum. 



Aug. 17. We went to the top of Snowdon, and then examined 

 the base of the cliff of Clogwyn-ddu'r-Arddu. 



Aug. 18. Ascended by Cwm Patric to Llyn-y-Cwm and Twll Du. 



Aug. 19. Sunday. Afternoon service in the school-house. 



Aug. 20. We spent the whole day in the valley, and went 

 round the lower lake, examining plants all the way. 



Aug. 21. We went to Dinas Dinorwig, an exceedingly fine 

 and strong work of earth and stones. 



Aug. 23. Walked along the old road towards Carnarvon, as far 

 as Bryn Bras. Then ascended Caer-careg-y-tran, and carefully 

 examined it. It is an ancient walled fort of the British period. 



Aug. 24. A wet day. Only got as far as the other side of the 

 lake to gather some RuU. 



Aug, 25. Left Llanberis. Went by way of Chester to Ludlow. 



Aug. 27. Went by rail to Newport (Mon.), Llanelly, Cross Inn, 

 and in Lord Dynevor's carriage to Llandilo Fawr. The meeting 

 of the Cambrian Archaeological Association commenced. Had a 

 bed at the house of J. L. Popkin, Esq., for a week. 



Aug. 28 — Sept. 1. Went all the excursions with the members. 

 Found under the monumental stone at Glan Sannan a plant of 

 Agrimonia odorata. Went with H. Longueville Jones to Cardiff, 

 and by packet to Bristol. 



Sept. 2. Sunday. Spent the day with H. Longueville Jones 

 and his family. 



Sept. 3. To Cambridge. 



Sept. 20. At this time there were no undergraduates dining in 

 the College Hall. An almost unheard of event. Hiley, Stratton, 

 and I walked from Waterbech Station by the river-side to Upware, 



