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very tastefully furnished throughout, the table is ex- 

 ceptionally liberal, and the cooking is perfect. I 

 should like emphatically to endeavour to dispel what 

 I find to be a very general impression, that this beau- 

 tiful little inland sea is a mere reservoir and nothing 

 more. Its constantly changing 'panorama is always 

 in front of us, and the varying tints of the surround- 

 ing hills as sunshine and shade alternate are delightful 

 to gaze upon. Painters of nature may find a happy 

 resting-place in this health-giving retreat. I am 

 myself a living proof of the bracing atmosphere, 

 having come here a week ago in a somewhat dyspeptic 

 tone of body and mind. I can now eat the trout I 

 have caught with proper zest, and at the present 

 moment am prepared to challenge any member of the 

 Liverpool Corporation to a foot race from here down 

 to yonder bridge. 



Not being an all-round sportsman, I have found 

 nothing to say about the many thousands of acres of 

 grouse moors connected with this hotel, or of the 

 abundance of wildfowl to be had for the shooting. 



There is an excellent tennis lawn for those who 

 enjoy that health-giving game, and a superb billiard 

 room for indoor amusement. There is room enough 

 and to spare on the hillsides for a tough golf-link, 

 and a club will soon be formed for this sport. 



I should be very ungrateful were I to close this 

 rambling article without making some acknowledg- 

 ment to our most kind and cheerful hostess, Miss 

 Davies, who possesses the happy faculty of inspiring 

 her guests with the assurance that life is worth living 

 at Lake Vyrnwy. 



