22-1849.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



»W * Z of this had once the honour of an introduc- 



iSEF^ on te 



^- a L a eS U or r HeU a fords S an7Gallowayr' It was 

 i*^f!,. in f av our of the former m every point of 



; grazier. Nor 



Nothing could be 



ZJiM the best he could pick, xue two lota were 

 ZSed in separate feeding sheds, their food (of 

 jjjtor quality), carefully weighed out to them, the 



„* recites, time, weigh 

 Wonlas » "jjJ^J {™ 



rboT'liiAecomi 



NMt'morningawayf. 

 JjSumettted and un 



ing next morning at dark 



withdrawn, till the return of summer and summer 

 rotors should once more drag it into light and useful- 

 roadside hostel, indistinctly described as the point moat 

 Sty to furnish a conveyance thence to Builth (14 



Three Cocks," Aberllunvi, and fortunately for us, 



modious phaeton soon made its appearance, and off we 

 set, along one of the most picturesque roads I have 



She whole distance along the beautiful and rapid Wye ; 

 from the sides of which arose thickly-wooded hills 

 and rocks more or less precipitous. The day was fine, 

 mild, and sunny, and altogether it was a ride not soon 



nu estate, belonging to Joseph Bailey, Esq., M.P.,* 



mansion, though cosey and well sheltered,' might, I 

 »iai>havebeen more advantageously planted, both for 

 comfort and landscape effect, somewhat above the level 

 oftheralfey. 



Iwtaiied in comfortable quarters, the exploration of 

 towns' T S0 °^ accom P lished - Like man y ? ther . Welsh 

 Joe situation is unexceptionable, what many would 



9 anatomy is wofully defective. It 

 * *" outside show ; the houses, with few exceptions, 

 wan, and every third house an inn or beer-shop. One 



a of the place I ought in gratitude 

 J»Je honourable mention of here, the « Mechanics' 



through the kindness of the Com- 

 !™"V.?» allowed to subscribe, and became a fre- 

 VW visitor. They take in the Tim -, and several 



p«4SnF a Ru which ' together with the leading 



wSdTT i* hbrar y-as yet almost in embryo, but 

 "«^ through the liberality of the Bishop of the 



J*?l* David's) has lately received a considerable 

 CoL ™^ gether an ob J ect of attraction to 

 ^i" r ° e "habitants, especially the younger, some 

 thejj, gt ,. alwa ys found either reading or pursuing: 



a/iSrJn? ° f Mr ' P °° Ie ' the P rinci P al ' secret ary. 



i^J. of allowing at least a portion of them to be 

 *oS^ v «"»g the members. Who shall say what 

 ^He!" eUSUe from thia " Diffusion of Useful 

 pobt P a J e ™agbed, « The Wells » formed a main 

 ^ed te «*? . Wlth me 5 and l wa9 somewhat 



l^^L^V\ mi[e{rom the t0WD ' aDd the 



l ma S » the extre beS *' W6t ' filthy ' and f ° r " 



""•''Si a -^ ^iny,' and did ^!r^ iLttere at 

 : ■'■' three in number ; purporting to 

 ^^ iu nri n ! L phurous - and "chalybeate," as in- 

 i^kptES n** 4 on tb ree pumps standing in a 

 * P*e, but \ ? y l0cked ' Th « »■*"» 1 beheve *> 

 ^ 'he W JL sn 5« w .dly suspect that, by some hocus 

 JN two, 75? °- thlS 8 P rin S «as found its way to the 

 ^with. T>k; n ^modern phraseology, fraternised 

 ^^ enono ,u ' Me *ing of the Waters" may be 

 ?^K? H 8tU1 Uke the late Mr. Liston, who 

 legate .- ' the oth <* for the water, « I prefer them 

 ^••xcbSH"?! 1 ?. ex Pressed a wish during a sum- 



along its rocky bed, foaming and tumbling, a turbid 

 formidable winter torrent. The puny infant has be 

 come a mighty giant, and that often in the space of 

 single night ! For unlike your tame, sluggish, fenn 

 rivers, which take days and weeks m which to rise an 



many others of similar character. Every 1 





Wicklow, but infinitely grander i 





i k ema7 Jj ng N ^ 



Wales. What, i 



Beacons of Brecon as seen at even-tide from th< 

 from that town to Abergavenny ? Englishmen b 

 often cross the seas " in search of t" 



to explore at hom« 



comforts and inconveniences, which to the English 



naturally enough, to wish for more of the comforts of 



tages by which he is surrounded. Take, for instance, 

 the town of Builth, already alluded to. It is ambitious 

 of shining as a watering place ; but what has it done, 

 what likely to do, to attain this object ? Its Wells, 





11 think you crazy. I wonder if i 

 ve a fifth of the amount ! As to dj 



ilful hands, no "impr 



repay the whole outlay. They 

 te it if the landlord were to bear 

 then ; but what inducement has a 

 Where is his security for such an 



e of a medical friend, to Llanwrtid, the sulphur 

 f which are in ci " 

 d strength. The 



so far as my own observation extends, they are deficient 



wise when one considers the training they have re- 

 ceived under such employers as the present 

 and, too often, prejudiced race of occupiers ! Good 



Llandovery ; and the road thence was wild, barren, and 



n me. The passage over the 



sugar-loaf (not the mountain of that name near Aber- 



A considerable extent of the road passes the demesne of 

 — Jones, Esq., distinguished for the lovely i 



. will amply repay the trouble of a journey. 

 By the bye the picturesque effect of this magnificent dis- 



mnting at certain times I tude of beautiful Ferns, with which many of the trees w 

 n actual prohibit = - bat and intersection of the branc 



i the partial failure of the waters in my own case, I for the seeds ; which, doubtless favoured by the gem 

 fie countervailing ills inseparable from roads ankle- | moisture of the climate, had there taken root, i 





bly, impressed on my imagir,;. arioua and mtere 



wise; insomuch I The ruins of c 



fore quitting Bit. 



Mieral basin" of. 



it might be, the poultry both 





I of peat abounding in the neighbourhood i : 



anient. Great j 



sticable, I found the ploughinf 



a driver. The pleaching and general mat 



completely ignorant ; and the only notion they have of 

 relieving the surface of water, is by channels or grips, 

 some 9 to 12 inches deep- instead of one bold ditch 6 or 

 8 feet deep, which would' effectually cut off the supply 

 from the hills above. Many and many a field did I see 



mes the question, how are these and other • iv \ 

 snts to be carried out with the limited capital possessed 



rivers ^ mountain districts, b :'. the widows in the 



what has already been advanced. I shall therefore 



—In a recent Number o 

 i to render the Inorgani 







