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The members of the club v»*sent were : the Presideut, Dr. Bull ; the 

 Vice-presidents, the Rev. H. C. Key, Stiettoii; 0. G. RIartiu, E-cj , Hcieford; 

 Dr. McCullongh, 15. Y. Steele, Esq., and Master Steele, Abergavenny ; the 

 Honorary Secretary, the Rev. G. H. Cornewall, Moccas, and the Assistant 

 Secretary, Mr. Arthur Thompson; E. Lees, Esq., F.L.S., &c., Vice-president 

 of the Worcester and Malvern Clubs ; Arthur Armitage, Esq., Dadnor ; T. 

 Cam, Esq., and T. Curley, Esq., Hereford; Richard Hereford, Esq , Suftoa 

 Court ; J. E. Lee, Esq., Caerleon, Monmouthshire ; J. Griffith Morris, Esq., 

 Hereford; H. S;\lwey, Esq., and Mr. T. J. Salwey, Ludlow; the Revs. 

 Robt. Hereford, Sutton; W. Jones Thomas, Llanthomas ; J. H. Jukes, Preston 

 Wynne ; H. W. Phillott, Stauntonon- Wye ; C. Smith, THrrington ; and Thos. 

 Woodhouse, Hay; and J. B. Smith, Esq., Hay; with William Aston, E.sq., 

 T. T. Davies, Esq., H. C. Hurry, Esq., R. P. Styles, Esq., F. Thomas, Esq., 

 and N. S. Wynn, Esq., Hereford; J. Stratford Collins, Esq., Wythall, 

 Ross.; Dr. Grindrod, Malvern; Joseph Joseph, Esq., Brecon; — Nash, E-q., 

 Ludlow ; Mr. Blashill, Bishopstoue ; and the Revs. S. Clark, Bredwardine ; 

 J. Davies, Moorcourt ; H. Dew, Whitney ; — Dumbleton, Brecon ; W. D. V. 

 Duncombe, Allensmore ; W. C. Fowle, Ewyas Harold ; W. P. S. Stanhope, 

 Holm Lacy; H. J. W. StilUngfleet, Clehonger; H. W. Tweed, Bridstow, 

 Ross ; and R. H. Williams, Byford. 



As already stated, a stage coach and several carringes awaited the arrival 

 of the train from Hereford at the Talgarth station, and at oaoe conveyed 

 the members up a gradual ascent of some three miles length to the foot of the 

 Mynydd Troed. Here leaving the fosses and mounds of Castle Dinas to the 

 left, the gentlemen at once began the ascent. The mountain is very steep on 

 this side, and the want of rain had made the ground hard, and the grass dry 

 and slippery. The party were soon scattered over the face of the hill, each 

 taking the direction he most fancied. It seemed easy to begin, but like a 

 true mountain, for the first twenty minutes, the higher you got up the further 

 off seemed the top to be. By perseverance, however, most of them had 

 reached the summit a few minutes before one o'clock, and had opened and 

 spread out before them, perhaps, the most varied and extensive view afforded 

 by the Black Mountains. The Mynydd Troed is the most westerly point of the 

 range, and stretches out boldly into the valley much further than its neigh- 

 bours. The views throughout the ascent had been very fine, but that from 

 the top far surpassed them. Looking eastward towards the Black Mountain 

 across the valley, up the gorges, and over Myny-'d Llysian, the square top 

 of the Gadr-fawr was seen— this is the highest point of the range, 2,545 

 feet above the sea level— further east still, the long ridge of the Pencerrig- 

 calch, then the round back of the Mynydd Llangorse. To the south, the lake 

 of Llangorse, or Llynsafeddan, lay at the foot of the mountain, over it the 

 beautiful hill, the AUt, close to the lake, and over that again the Torjfoet; 

 then came the beautiful outline of the Breconshire Beacous, and further 

 beyond still, the Carmarthenshire Van was plainly visible ; whilst to the 

 west and north you overlooked the numerous hills of Brecoushiie, &c. The 



