Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . a, in the most brilliant and varied lights. The loftiest pointsof England, Scotland, and Ireland, were not merely shadowed forth,but were seen; while the Menai, Anglesea, the Isle of Man, andthe surrounding hills and coasts, appeared to be spread immediatelybelow the eye. The impression was that of a world of solitudestretching in a succession of prospects, fading into distant, softeningvistas, as agreeable to the eye as to the imagination. In the lightof a splendid sunset, which now began to illumine all the heights,the nearmost hills and valleys glo
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . a, in the most brilliant and varied lights. The loftiest pointsof England, Scotland, and Ireland, were not merely shadowed forth,but were seen; while the Menai, Anglesea, the Isle of Man, andthe surrounding hills and coasts, appeared to be spread immediatelybelow the eye. The impression was that of a world of solitudestretching in a succession of prospects, fading into distant, softeningvistas, as agreeable to the eye as to the imagination. In the lightof a splendid sunset, which now began to illumine all the heights,the nearmost hills and valleys glowed with softer and warmercolours; the numerous lakes and streams spread at our feet, losingthe dull, black hues reflected from the impending rocks, weresuffused with the departing radiance poured upon the summits,—a deeper and fresher verdure seemed to clothe vale and glen, and,in the dying glory of the sun-light, the sea beyond shone red anddazzling like a mirrored fire. The vast mountain-buttresses of * A Tour throurh Parts of & WANDERINOS THROUGH NORTH WALES. 127 Snowdon*—the colossal rocks, which prop its grandeur and itsstrength, rose in bolder relief, and the very horrors of the abyss—itsdeepest caverned waters—the hollows and gorges of the lower hills—borrowed a lurid light, more distinct, but more appalling to thesight. The gradual twilight brought a succession of no less interestingchanges of scenic beauty, and convinced me, that to see Snowdonwe ought to remain upon its hills considerably longer than is usuallydone. I had noticed a succession of visiters who arrived, as if mak-ing a morning call, and, like shadows that come and go, seemedquite as eager to depart. But there was a pedestrian from thelakes of Scotland of a different character, to whom I related mymornings progress, and he observed, with enthusiasm, that in nopart of his tour had he found greater enjoyment than in hiswalks through The descent from Snowdon into the vale of Llanbe
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