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female of the houfe brought out three eggs. This 

 , was a flender fupply for two hungry men. They 

 both called out " 7nore," the woman anfwered 

 " eze," but brought out the frying-pan. They ihook 

 their heads, fhe fetched a fauce-pan. Here they 

 found a difficulty that- they knew not how to en- 

 counter. A bright thought fuddenly ciime into the 

 other gentleman's head : — "■ D., you can draw, ajk 

 the woman for a piece of chalky and draw an egg." 

 The abfurdity of the idea was fuch, that Mr. D. 

 could not refrain from a loud and hearty laugh. 

 It was, however, at laft agreed, that the woman 

 (hould be fuffered to boil the three eggs, but that 

 when fhe brought them to the table, D. was to 

 fnatch them from her, and pretend to eat them all 

 iiimfelf. The plan fucceeded ; the woman laughed 

 immoderately at the oontefl, and running out with 

 a cry of " eze, eze, eze," foon afterwards brought 

 jn four eggs more. There was no difficulty in 

 making the payment for this rude cheer : Mr, D. 

 -held out feme filver in his hand, from, which the 

 honeil Welliiwoman took eighteen pence for the 

 feven eggs, and a quart of ak ! 



On the furamit of a high and craggy rock, at 

 fome diftance from the road, and about a mile from 

 Llanwchllyn, are the remains of Cajlcll Corndochon^ 

 an ancient Britifn fort. It v/as of a fomewhat oval 

 .form, and has confided of a fquare tower, and 

 another oblong, but rounded at the extremity. I 



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