391 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



and the faint rays in fome places faintly 

 reflected gave to the Jftraining eye, a very 

 imperfect glimpfe of the furfaces it looked 

 upon, whilft in others, the moon mot her 

 filver light through the hollows, and 

 brightly illumined the oppofite rocks. All 

 was folitude, all ferene and mild. The 

 filence of the evening was only interrupted 

 by the murmuring of the brook, which 

 lulled to melancholy, and now and then by 

 the mrill fcream of the night-owl, flitting 

 by me in fearch of food. 



The river rufhing o'er it's pebbled bed 

 Impofed filence, with a ftilly found. 



The bridge was deferted, and I hung 

 over it's battlements liflening to the hoarfe 

 fall of the water down the wear, and 

 watching as the moon got higher, the de- 

 creafing fhadows of the mountains, I at 



length returned, after a moft delightful 

 ramble of near two hours. 



I went 



