iv PREFACE. 



My mode of travelling was chiefly on 

 foot, but fometimes I took horfes, and at 

 other times proceeded in carriages, as I 

 found it convenient. The former, not- 

 withftanding all the objections that have 

 been made againft it, will, I am confi- 

 dent, upon the whole, be found the moft 

 ufeful, if health a.nd ftrength are not 

 wanting. To a naturalift, it is evidently 

 fo ; fince, by this means, he is enabled to 

 examine the country as he goes along ; and 

 when he fees occafion, he can alfo ftrike 

 out of the road, amongft the mountains or 

 morafTes, in a manner completely indepen- 

 dent of all thofe obftacles that inevitably 

 attend the bringing of carriages or horfes. 



Next to being on foot, the tourift will 

 find a horfe the moft ufeful > but in this, 

 cafe, if he intends to ramble much amongft 

 the mountains, it will be necefTary for him 

 to take a Welfh poney, which, ufed to 

 the ftony paths, will carry him, without 



danger, 



