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which a torrent rushes, and rolls through the glyn 

 over a rugged channel to the sea, which bounds the 

 other end, where the entrance of the glyn is. We 

 found Poly podium fragile, cristatum, Filix mas and 

 fern., Asplenium adiantum nigrum; and I gathered 

 the Papaver cambricum, some of which was still in 

 flower. There is plenty of Lichen geographicus and 

 concentricus, Sedum Telephium and rejlexum. 



All over that part of Anglesea is the greatest 

 abundance of Lychnis flore rubro, which I remark 

 because scarcely to be found here, though the coasts 

 are opposite, and the soil similar in all appearance. 

 It seems difficult to account for the predilections of 

 plants. 



Bangor was the next : I prefer it to most places; 

 you have prospects of sea, mountains, islands, woods, 

 and can never want a varied entertaining walk. I 

 went to visit Lord Penrhyn's slate quarry, rather 

 unwillingly : it is well worth seeing, and I had like 

 to have missed it. I was at Beaumaris and Caer- 

 narvon, towns worth seeing for their pretty situa- 

 tions and fine old castles, now picturesque ruins. 

 I went to the famous copper-mine at Paris Mount; 

 they have now got to a prodigious depth, but, con- 

 trary to most cases, the ore is not so good as near 

 the surface. There is so much sulphur produced, 

 you might think yourself at Solfatara. I came home 

 after an excursion of five weeks : my return was 

 unlucky; — incredible as it may seem, I was five days 

 getting from Holyhead, when the passage ought to 

 be in twelve hours. 



Mr. Templeton has been in town for a few days. 



