Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . ,—drawn from no smallvariety of sources, antiquarian, historical, descriptive, and anecdotical—the Authors highest ambition has been, to make his book a plea-sant companion, and, like a pleasant companion, to throw a charmover an idle hour—relieve the gloom of some passing moment, asolitary evening, a rainy day, the tedium, in short, incidental to everytourists path, be he a wayfarer at home, or far away. Pie has sought to convey with fidelity his impressions of the nobleand picturesque scenery of our British Alps—of the spirit of improve-ment every w
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . ,—drawn from no smallvariety of sources, antiquarian, historical, descriptive, and anecdotical—the Authors highest ambition has been, to make his book a plea-sant companion, and, like a pleasant companion, to throw a charmover an idle hour—relieve the gloom of some passing moment, asolitary evening, a rainy day, the tedium, in short, incidental to everytourists path, be he a wayfarer at home, or far away. Pie has sought to convey with fidelity his impressions of the nobleand picturesque scenery of our British Alps—of the spirit of improve-ment every where manifested by the people—of their frank bearing, andpeculiar traits,—with occasional notices of the distinguished characters,—warriors, bards, ornaments of the pulpit, or of the bench,—who mayhave shed lustre round their native land. Most of all, he could wishto convey some idea of the delight and the advantage to be derived,so near at hand, from an autumnal ramble among the hills and lakesof our ancient British ^^^-^^r^ LIST OF PLATES, WITH THEIR PROPER PLACES IN THE WuRK. I.—Frontispiece—THE PASS OF LLANBERIS .II—ST. WINIFREDS WELL ....IIL—BRIDGE ON PENMACHNO ROAD . IV.—PRINCE LLEWELLYN AND HIS OF LLEWELLYN .... Vignette,. Ditto. PAGE Opposite 10 18 LIST OF PLATES. PAGB VL—CHESTER . . Opposite 32 VIL—FLINT CASTLE 47 AND KING RICHARD II. . 51 IX.—ST. ASAPH 60 X.—RHUDDLAN CASTLE 6G XI.—VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY 83 XII.—VALE OF LLANGOLLEN 88 XIII.—FALLS OF THE MACHNO 102 XIV.—DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE 104 Y COED Ill XVL—RHAIADR Y WENOL 112 XVII.—BRIDGE OVER THE LLUGWY 113 MAWR 127 XIX.—DOLBADERN TOWER 129 XX.—LLYN GWYNANT 147 XXI.—WOODEN BRIDGE, NEAR BEDDGELERT ... 131 XXII.—TRIFAEN MOUNTAIN 159 XXIII. —LLYN IDWAL 160 XXIV.—FALLS OF THE OGWEN 162 XXV.—NANT FRANGON 164 XXVI.—PENRHYN CASTLE. 167 XXVII.—MENAI BRIDGE 169 XXVIII.—CAERNARVON CASTLE . (Moonlight) .
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