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as the bones of these animals once found therein 

 testify. Now the chief attraction to me at least 

 is the lovely woodland scenery which encom- 

 passes them. 



Then there is Dyserth Waterfall, within walk- 

 ing distance of Rhyl. It is quite picturesque, and 

 when after heavy rain the waterfall is full, as it 

 was when we saw it, it presents a really grand ap- 

 pearance, and comes down like that of " Lodore." 

 When Dr. Johnson " trudged unwilling to see 

 it" in 1774, he was not sorry to find it dry! 



We had planned on two or three days to go 

 the Snowdonian round, forty or fifty miles away, 

 but the weather forbad. What is the use or 

 where is the pleasure of ascending Snowdon in 

 a thick fog? I may say that we had very change- 

 ful, fitful weather during the whole of our time 

 bad for us, bad for corn crops still out, bad 

 for shopkeepers and coach proprietors but, I 

 suppose, good for turnips ! 



FISHING. 



Whenever I have taken a holiday I have in- 

 variably been accompanied by my rod, net, and 

 other angling paraphernalia ; as we were going 

 into Wales for a month it may be imagined 

 that I did not omit them on this occasion. It 

 has so happened that I never unpacked them. 

 For the first fortnight or so the rivers were low 

 and sluggish and quite unfishable. Then came 



