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he came upon it and enveloped my head in the mist. 

 At last I was fain to leave about seven. When once I 

 was well down in the valley the white clouds all 

 cleared away from the hills, as far as I could see, 

 though when once or twice I looked back with a 

 speculating eye, I could just see the hill-tops suddenly 

 get partially obscured, as if old Kuhleborn were saying, 

 &quot;You needn t come here, young man, or I ll be down 

 upon you in no time.&quot; Got home to the inn about 

 half-past eight, and had a &quot; rough tea.&quot; 



* \\th. Started after breakfast and began to trace 

 lines from Y Trefan up to Y Glyder fach. Just as 

 I got to the top of the ridge, a gale of wind came on, 

 accompanied by a deluge of rain and a thick mist. I 

 couldn t see thirty yards. A compass was nearly 

 useless, for the ground was so rough that I could not 

 walk in a given direction ten yards, and the place was 

 cliffy on sundry sides. By and by, calculating how 

 the wind blew, I turned my face to it and began 

 carefully to descend, and after two hours cautious 

 work, in difficult rocky ground, the mist suddenly 

 partially opened, and I found myself just above the 

 north end of Llyn-y-Cwm. So I descended to the 

 Pass amid falling waters and sheets of rain, and 

 trudged down to Llanberis soaked to the skin, with 

 my boots full of water. Dined at nine. 



\^th. Out on the ridge of Glyder Fach tracing 

 round the lines in the direction of the east side of 

 Cwm Tryfan. Dreadfully wet. Yet I worked on in 

 desperation, and as there were some intervals between 

 the heavy storms of rain, I got a good deal done. 

 Home by seven well soaked. 



* i^th. Out shortly after nine intending to have 

 noted the section along the north side of the valley 



