LIGHTFOOT’S VISIT TO WALES IN 1773 295 
oho rel = ce in An i ae tgs on the way; he ascended 
Snowdon, and worked t 0 Bala, Dolgelly, Cader Idris, Ma- 
hentler (i. e. Machynlleth). ‘Gikewabace and so on. But in 1662 he 
passed from Che i to Wrexham, and thence to Denbigh, whence 
= reached Penmaenmawr, no doubt via Rhyl and Conway 
Pwllheli, Aberdove ; aay Candin into Pem bincecel tie where he 
visited St. David’s, Haverfordwest, Tenby, Caldy Island, Pembroke. 
He passed rapidly along the Caermarthen an Glamorgan. coasts to 
Chepstow, Tintern, Gloster, ote and so out into the west. 
After Ray, Dillenius and Bre made a two months’ journey 
in 1726 through Cheddar, Brean bist Bristol, and thence north 
ee magi where they turned westward—reversing Ray’s 1658 
te—to Cader Idris, Carnarvon, Anglesey, and Snowdon e 
fo dig wing toog was spent by Brewer (who id then at cored in 
studying the flora of Anglesey and Carnarvon; the acco of his 
work being sa in a M§. (also Bolaniter’ s ceaseeevt) now at 
the British Muse 
ow, Lightfoot | and Banks none meant to ee n Cader 
Idris: ef. the letter of 19 June, 1778, above. The v o Pem- 
brokeshire was no doubt part of their original plan “Kid eg at first 
thought of going up the west coast of Wales to Snowdon, doing the 
of route. They spent a longer time in Pembrokeshire than they 
had meant to do, and at last it became a choice between Snowdon 
and Cader Idris. There could be no hesitation: Cader must be 
dropped. But, secondly, Mr. Holcombe, the Pembrokeshire clergy- 
man, roused their interest in the flora of Mid-South Wales, and they 
lack 
be more rapid along the good roads and through the larger towns 
of the West Midlands than through the primitive districts of the 
west coast of Wales, though the sen of the latter route would 
be less ; it only took a week—26 July to 2 Aug.—to travel from 
St. David's through Hereford and Chester to Bangor and Llanberis; 
this was quick going, and at the same time it opened up a new and 
interesting route raat Llandovery and Bree 
Down, all well-known hunting poten some famous from Ray’s 
time, some from an even earlier date, Then the coast of Glamorgan, 
