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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, 

 "You needn't come here, young man, or I'll be down 

 upon you in no time." Got home to the inn about 

 half-past eight, and had a " rough tea." 



* \\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. 



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

 noted the section along the north side of the valley 



