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There were still points of detail and some ques 

 tions of interpretation of geological structure to be 

 settled in the area mapped by Ramsay and Selwyn in 

 North Wales. Selwyn had gone back to Dolgelli to 

 look into these, and Ramsay joined him there. 



\*]th October. Held a council with Selwyn on the 

 Shropshire sheets, etc. His work there and here is 

 the perfection of beauty. 



1 2\st. Up in a car as far as the eighth milestone 

 on the Trawsfynydd road ; then across the country 

 to Bwlch-drws-Ardudwy. What a magnificent scene ! 

 Had a rough climb over Rhinog fach. Let any one 

 who wishes to be convinced of the theory of stratifica 

 tion with subsequent disturbance of beds go there. 

 Their bare and unbroken continuity from top to 

 bottom of the mountains on either side of that savage 

 pass is the grandest sight in Wales. 



* 2.2nd. Up to Drws-y-nant by the coach, and 

 then across the hills behind by Dolnallt, Robell fawr, 

 and Benglog. Selwyn made out all his points. How 

 he fights with a bit of ground till he makes it all clear ! 

 Truly an admirable workman ! 



$rd November. Made some good glacial obser 

 vations, especially at Capel Curig. Selwyn s semi- 

 scepticism begins to melt. 



These Welsh peregrinations did not pass without 

 including sundry detours to the rectory of Llanfair- 

 ynghornwy. At last, on the I5th November, on a 

 renewed visit to that remote spot, Ramsay and Miss 

 Louisa Williams were engaged. Among the con 

 gratulatory letters which he received regarding this 

 momentous and happy event in his life he carefully 

 preserved that which came to him from his dear old 

 chief. It ran as follows : 



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