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Among the friends whom the publication of his 
Tour procured him must be mentioned Colonel 
Johnes, of Hafod. To his secluded residence in 
the Alpine wilds of Cardiganshire, Sir James had 
the happiness of making several visits, and enjoy- 
ing the society of the master of that elegant man- 
sion, whose historical researches, whose residence in 
many of the European courts, whose acquaintance 
with general literature, and whose knowledge of the 
world, made his companionship delightful. Here 
too Sir James directed the taste and encouraged the 
pursuit of natural history among the other acquire- 
ments of his amiable daughter, a child in years, but 
mature in mind ata very early period. Miss Johnes’s 
genius for music was extraordinary at the age of ten 
years: but admirer as he was of Handel and of Ita- 
lian airs, in both of which she excelled in no com- 
mon degree, the greatest charm was to hear her 
fine voice among those mountain paths, singing the 
native songs of the country, as they botanized to- 
gether on the hills; and of these the solemn music 
of Morfa Rhyddlan was the favourite of both: 
** Wild on old Havren’s banks the modest violet blooms, 
And wide the scented air its fragrant breath perfumes ; 
Bright shines the glorious sun amid the heaven, 
When from its cheering orb the clouds are driven ; 
A form more beauteous still adorn’d the flood, 
Gwendolen’s fatal form, Llewellyn’s blood!” 
This charming villa, containing within itself all 
that could gratify the taste,—inaccessible to intru- 
sion, yet replenished with sufficient society to dis- 
pel any feelings like solitude or desolation,—Mr. 
