. The Wye and its associations. A picturesque ramble. es its trium-phant way towards Builth. One of thosepictures is imitated in the annexed engraving,and it will not be difficult to find the identicalspot chosen by the artist. For more than half the distance the roadruns close by the side of the river; but onreaching a few houses called Newbridge, wediverge a little, and do not come near again tillwe have travelled a distance of nearly five milesand approached the town of Builth. The pe-destrian, however, cares little for roads ; and,rejoining the river at will, he finds the series ofviews co
. The Wye and its associations. A picturesque ramble. es its trium-phant way towards Builth. One of thosepictures is imitated in the annexed engraving,and it will not be difficult to find the identicalspot chosen by the artist. For more than half the distance the roadruns close by the side of the river; but onreaching a few houses called Newbridge, wediverge a little, and do not come near again tillwe have travelled a distance of nearly five milesand approached the town of Builth. The pe-destrian, however, cares little for roads ; and,rejoining the river at will, he finds the series ofviews continued—sometimes grand, sometimesbeautiful, sometimes picturesque, sometimesabsolute gems of pastoral repose. The riverincreases visibly before our eyes ; and at length,when near Builth, it rolls along, still foaming,still brawling, but in a stream of considerablevolume. Its principal tributaries between Rhaia-dyr and this place, are the Elian, the Ithon, andthe Yrfon ; the last of which is celebrated bythe defeat of Llewellin in 1282, which took. ffsc %e TVoprieinr, irr Li -frogman, Sz C? .PaiemostET .Ho-yr. BUILTH. 23 place at the spot where the little river is crossedby a bridge, just before it falls into the Wye,above Builth. This part of the country, however, is com-pletely secluded. There never was, so far aswe know, a public conveyance between Rhaia-dyr and Builth; and at the latter town, at thisseason of the year—although it is still early inOctober—the traveller will find no means ofcommunication with the rest of the world, ex-cept for those who journey with post horses,and those who make use of the locomotivepowers of their own limbs. Builth is finely situated, its narrow streetsrising in irregular terraces on the side of a hillon the right bank of the Wye. The housesare as Welsh as can be, and have a primitive,gld world look, that has a great charm in oureyes. The town is approached by a stonebridge of considerable length ; at the end ofwhich, on the left hand
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