A WELSH WEDDING. 7 
the young woman's father's house, in the village 
of L , at which time and place the favour of 
your agreeable company is humbly solicited, and 
whatever donation you may be pleased to confer on 
us then will be thankfully received, warmly ac- 
knowledged, and cheerfully repaid whenever called 
for on a similar occasion, by your obedient servants 
David Jones, shoemaker, and Hester Morris." 
What a wedding it seemed to be, as I gazed for a 
few minutes on the soberly merry scene ; what an 
incongruous heap of presents the bidding had 
collected — chairs, tables, a clock, cups, jugs, pots 
and pans ! What a Babel of voices ! and what 
dancing ! nothing rude or boisterous but the fiddle, 
which gave spasmodic attempts to be jocund only 
ending in a growl, to which one young dancer after 
another trod a sedate and solemn measure, while the 
elders exclaimed, " Look ! see what a grand dance ! 
Yes, yes, it is fine." Thinking the " Sasseneg " 
might be a hinderer of mirth, I departed. 
This frond of Asplenium marinum, measuring 
1 J foot, I consider the gem of my old book ; it 
