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through a thick plantation, to the apex of one of the rocks,
from which we had a fine view of it. From Bettws y Coed,
a small village, where the Lugwy joins the Conway river,
we passed along through the lovely fertile vale of Llanwrst.
The character of the scenery here quite changed. The
hills became less bold, being more distant from each
other, and more sloping at their. sides, like the hills of
Westmoreland, having fine, fertile, extended plains covered
with the most beautiful green verdure, the Conway widening
into a noble stream meandering along in a serpentine course
at the bottom of the valley. Occasionally, after ascending
a hill side, on gaining the summit!, a vine expansive view
would-open to the eye of fertile and highly cultivated coun-
try, lofty vet gently- sloping hills, and large basin-like val-
leys, in ttie centre of which the Conway here and there
formed fine bays. The scenery quite charmed us, though
we saw it under every disadvantage of coutiuous rap. We
were obliged continually to take shelter at the cottages on
the road, and this in a great measure destroyed our enjoyment
of the scenery. I shall not therefore attempt a more detailed
description of that which we could so inadequately appreciate.
We at length reached Conway, in the evening, as completely
fagged as we could possibly be, and pretty well sick of pedes-
trianizing,. We were both, to add to our-discomforts of being
wet and weary, very lame with walking. Having learnt
that a packet sailed for Liverpool next day at twelve, we de-
termined to avail ourselves of it, and made for the first inn;
and having got comfortable tea, stretched ourselves on chairs
till bed-time, and fell fast asleep beside the fire. Next morn-
ing we arose early, and went over the ruitis of Conway Castle,
a building of great extent, the walls still in excellent preserva-
tion; the interior was quite dismantled, having been despoiled
of its timber, and had the steps of the turrets broken by the
Earl of Conway, most likely by order of Charles the Second,
by whom it was presented to him. It vas one of the castles
erected in the thirteenth century, by Edward the First, to
secure his conquest of the country. The view from it of the
Conway estuary, and the Chain Bridge below, is one of the
most extensive and lovely scenes in Wales. We visited the
bridge, a miniature copy of the Menai Bridge, obtained a
variety of fine specimens of copper ore front the gate-keeper
at a reaeonable rate, and then embarked once more fur Li-
verpool. Our four days' trip had furnisher) us with a fund of
amusingincidents, and given us much insight into Welsh
habits and manners; and we had seen some of its choicest
scenery. And though we had had enough of pedestrianism
for a time, mainly from the weather having made our tour a
laborious one, the variety of incident we had met with from
that mode of travelling, made us fully satisfied of its superi-
ority over every other for a tourist, if he means to see every
thing and enjoy every thing; and we parted with the deter-
mination of renewing our travels in some other district as
soon as opportunity should permit,

" And to send out all our senses,
'lb bring us in intelligences;"
until which time my recital of further pedestrian adventures,
and of "the pen'north of my tho't," must cease. • 'l'. C. F.