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" Come back as soon as you can, for you'll not have 

 to come often now," she said, and I was obliged to 

 break away and retire to my own room for a little.' 

 By the i6th August he was back once more at 

 Llanberis, whence he transferred himself to Bethesda, 

 in order to get at various outlying pieces of ground 

 around Carnedd Dafydd that remained still incom- 

 pletely surveyed. 



De la Beche, who was never happier than when 

 he was able to report the completion of a large 

 number of square miles, began to be fidgety about 

 the length of time taken by the section-work in Wales, 

 and the consequent diminution of the area of ground 

 surveyed. Ramsay complained to Aveline on the 

 27th August that it was unfortunate to be carrying 

 on this work 'against the grain with the governor, 

 for he would fain take us away and leave the thing 

 unfinished. I shall get away by the middle of Sep- 

 tember. You will not get off so soon, I suppose. 

 About a week ought to finish my mapping out of 

 doors. Two days indoors or three, some bad weather 

 (as to-day), and a diabolical section from Bettws over 

 Pen Llithrig-y-Wrach, Carnedd Llewelyn, and the 

 sea the thing is done.' 



* $th September. Out by Carnedd Dafydd, tracing 

 in the drift. Got a good many wrinkles on the 

 subject. It must have been 2000 feet high at least. 

 Came down on the Carn Llafa side of Carnedd Dafydd 

 and corrected these alternations by means of the faults 

 a most troublesome bit of work. H ome at half-past six. 



' i \th. Did a glorious day's work with Ho well 1 up 



1 H. H. Howell, who joined the Survey in 1850, became District Surveyor in 

 1872, Director for Scotland in 1882, and Senior Director in 1888, an office which 

 he still holds. 



