. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . LLANBERIS. The three great passes of North Wales are Beddgelert, Nant Llanberis. Some extol the first because of the beauty of the vale, andbecause of the Swiss like appearance of the part that extends on towardsPont Aberglaslyn. Others prefer Xant Francon— the Vale of the Beavers —where the road winds under frowning precipices, and where lake Ogwen,with waters black as ink, breaks through a chasm in the rocks into number-less cascades, loo feet high, that flow down th
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . LLANBERIS. The three great passes of North Wales are Beddgelert, Nant Llanberis. Some extol the first because of the beauty of the vale, andbecause of the Swiss like appearance of the part that extends on towardsPont Aberglaslyn. Others prefer Xant Francon— the Vale of the Beavers —where the road winds under frowning precipices, and where lake Ogwen,with waters black as ink, breaks through a chasm in the rocks into number-less cascades, loo feet high, that flow down the sides of the hill and thenfind their way into the vast and beautiful valley that extends northwardsto Bethesda and Bangor. Other tourists give the palm to Llanberis. Eachpass may be approached from Capel Curig. The road to Nant Francon. L3^ rises above Capel Curig itself; and if we lake uui course westward weshall, before long, come to a parting of the ways. that to the left conduct-ing by Nant Gwynant to Beddgelert; that to the right climbing the heights,until at length we find ourselves shut in on either hand by the frowningprecipice of the pass; while, before long, we shall see stretching before usthe devious road that descends the pass, till in the (ar off distance wedescry the .shining waters of the lakes of Llanberis. Of this celebrated passa traveller remarks : For four miles I was hemmed in on either side byhigh rocks. The tints on the prominences were of darkened purple, m thehollows sombre, and olive brown on the nearer edges. Tlie foregroundwas overspread with masses of rock, and a rai)id mountain stream forcedits way along the middle of the narrow vale. The rocks on each side werealmost perpendicular throughout. It is from Llanberis that the ascent toSnowdon is frequently made. Dolbadarn Castle, a single
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