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in full Welsh costume, selling rag-doll replicas of 

 herself? It would seem so, for she apparently 

 prospers, and we cannot believe that the hotel- 

 keepers, who form the balance of the population, 

 can buy many rag dolls. 



The sky had grown grey, the air chilly, the 

 weather was turning nasty, the saddles had per- 

 ceptibly turned and were extremely nasty. These 

 things may perhaps extenuate our bad taste in 

 finding Beddgelert a trifle disappointing. It 

 seemed to lack a central point ; even the guide- 

 books have to admit that its lions are not on the 

 spot, although it seductively adds that they are 

 within an " easy walk." Snowdon was also in- 

 cluded among the objects of interest within an 

 easy walk, but a brief colloquy with the manager- 

 ess of the Prince Llewellyn Hotel stamped the 

 statement as a vicious flight of fancy. 



" It's a good four miles," said that intelligent 

 woman, regarding us compassionately ; "but there 

 is ladies that think nothing of that." 



We hastened to assure her that we were not of 



