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been deflroyed. The only perfon mifling was a 

 poor old woman, who was confined to her bed by 

 ficknefs *. 



Whilft fpeaking of the neighbourhood of Llanwch- 

 ilyn, I muft digrefs a little from my fubject to relate 

 a whimfical adventure which happened to a gojitle- 

 man of my acquaintance, Mr. D., an artift, and his 

 friend, v/hilft at this village a few fummers ago. — 

 Thefe gentlemen, in a pedeftrian excurfion round 

 Bala lake, found themfelves, on their arrival at 

 Llanwchllyn, fatigued and hungry. As neither of 

 them could fpeak a word of Welih, they were com- 

 pelled to have recourfe to figns in order to make 

 themfelves underftood. Thefe fo far anfwered their 

 purpofe, that a man whom they met in the village 

 exclaimed in anfwer, " eze" (intended doubtlefs for 

 '• yes"), and pointed v/ith his finger to a kind of 

 hut, from the rafters of v»^hich two or three dirty 

 candles, and a few bits of bacon were fufpended. 

 On entering they again made the figns of eating 

 and drinking, and the woman, though beyond mea- 

 fure ailonifiied at their manners and appearance, had 

 fenfe enough to conduct them to what they conjec- 

 tured to be the public-hcufe. Here their attention 

 was fixed upon fome fragments of bacon, which had 

 hung fo long, that all the firings had nearly cut 

 their way through. They explained by figns, as well 

 as they were able, what it was they wanted, and the 



• Pennant, ii. 87, 



female 



