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Parsley Fern has usurped the locality, to the entire exclusion of 

 all the other members of the family. This part of the pass, which 

 has no inconsiderable resemblance to some parts of Llanberis, is 

 nearly carpeted with this Fern ; the size of the plants is as re- 

 markable as their abundance. 



On the crede experto principle we can recommend the inn at 

 Llangynog for courteous treatment, good fare, and very mode- 

 rate charges. There are many Welsh village inns where the fare 

 is adequate and the tariff moderate, but where comfortable lodg- 

 ing for the night is not to be expected. 



A good bed and clean airy bedroom are as refreshing to a 

 weary man as a good meal is to a hungry one. Both may be had 

 at Llangynog at moderate costs. 



Tourists usually give the high-roads, such as the Llangollen and 

 Corwen road, that by Mallwyd and Machynleth, etc., the prefe- 

 rence, because coaches and other conveyances use these well-fre- 

 quented ways. But by adopting these well-beaten tracts, such 

 places as Llansilin, Llauarmon, Llanrhaiadr, Llangynog^ and 

 the southern and most romantic side of the Berwyns are unvi- 

 sited. 



From Oswestry to Llanrhaiadr, through Llansilin, is an easy 

 walk, and from the latter place Pistyll Rhaiadr may be visited, 

 and the tourist may proceed over the hills above the fall to Llan- 

 gynog, whence he may visit the cul-de-sac, Penanth Garth, and 

 thence pass onward to Bala and Dolgelly by Llandderfel. 



Our last day's botanizing in Merionethshire was in the direc- 

 tion of Llaugwm and Cerrig-y-Druidion. 



We went in quest of Listera cordata, to a locality from which 

 specimens had been previously sent by our friend John Jones, 

 the worthy parish clerk of Llandderfel, who kindly volunteered on 

 this occasion to be our guide to the precise spot where this floral 

 rare gem is to be found. 



Our direct road was by the lower end of Llyn Creyny, where 

 we had previously been. From this we ascended the hill above 

 the lake, and by a very steep declivity reached a rather narrow 

 vale, called the Cooms, where there are the remains of the old 

 road from Bala to Pont-y-Glyn, containing a strip of meadow- 

 land on the banks of a rivulet. The path crosses the brook, and 

 passes by a farm, whence the ascent of the mountain commences 

 by a zigzag, almost precipitous road. 



