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Leiodes, apparently undescribed, besides an immense num- 

 ber of the Neuropterous subclasses, Phrijganea, Perla, and 

 Ephemera. The weather, however, still continued so wild 

 and wet, that we were glad to get dry shoes and stockings, 

 and crowd to the fires which we found our friends every where 

 enjoying. 



8th. At one this morning, we mounted the Bristol and 

 Liverpool mail, which passes through Leominster; and arrived 

 at Shrewsbury at five, having travelled forty-two miles in about 

 four hours. After a hasty and bad cup of coffee, we proceeded 

 by the Express towards Oswestry, passing near or through 

 Westfelton. We, of course, requested the coachman to point out 

 the habitation of Mr. Dovaston, the amusing contributor to Mr. 

 Loudon's Magazine of Natural History; but were surprised 

 and disappointed to find that he could not do so. It is pleasant 

 to know the residence of a naturalist, so familiar to our thoughts 

 as this clever writer has rendered himself. The day was 

 cloudy, but without rain. After passing the little village of 

 Chirk, the road takes a grand sweep to the left ; and, for the 

 first time, Wales bursts on the traveller in all its beauty. How- 

 ever unentomological, it is quite impossible to pass by, unno- 

 ticed, those stupendous aqueducts. Chirk and Pont-y-Cyssyltau, 

 which, bestriding valleys, seem to be the work of giants. The 

 ride hence to Llangollen is full of beauty : the Dee, clothed 

 with banks of trees, winds along the valley over a bed of rock ; 

 and the mountains, rising precipitously on every side, confine 

 the horizon to about half its usual limits. At Llangollen we 

 had a second and capital breakfast. The scenery, for some miles, 

 continues fine, but towards Corwen assumes a tamer appearance; 

 and at last gets so flat and di-eary, that the traveller who, like 

 ourselves, has been up all night, may be excused if for an 

 hour or two he go quietly to sleep. About five miles beyond 

 Cernioge" he must wake up, and open wide his eyes, for it is 

 impossible to make too much use of them : — rock and ravine, 

 mountain and valley, verdure and barrenness, the dead and 

 silent lake, the roaring rapid, the mad and leaping waterfall, 

 follow each other in quick succession, or crowd altogether on 

 the view, with a splendour that cannot be imagined. 



We stopped at Capel-Curig about three ; and after dinner 



■' Pronounced Canny- oggy. 



