This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. Llanelltyd Bridge--British Gold Mines--Tyn-y-groes Falls--A R markable Shower--A Terribly Bad Road--Old Roman Way--Trawsvynydd--Cromlechs--A Barren Land--Ancient Forests--The Vale of Festiniog--Tan-y-Bwlch--A Melancholy Acciden--A 2-feet Railway--The Black Cataract and the Raven Falls--Beddgelert--Gelert's Grave--A Welsh Matterhom--Pont Aberglaslyn and Pass--Merlin and Vortigern--Nant Gwynant and the Gwynant Lakes--A Wandering Echo--Water versus Volcanic Action--Pen-y-Gwryd--A Lonely Inn--Goats. We should have liked very much to have prolonged our stay at Dolgelly; we left the quaint old town without having explored a tithe of its beauties, and we left it with great regret, taking away with us many pleasant recollections of the place and its romantic surroundings. But we had much in Wales to see yet, and a good deal of England on our return journey home. So the next morning being fine, with a clear sky and a glorious sunshine overhead, we determined to make a start, as we felt, in spite of the attractions of Dolgelly, we could not afford to let such a grand day pass by without making another stage. Our destination for the night was the renowned valley of Festiniog, a vale far famed for the entrancing beauty of its scenery, and of which Lord Lyttelton says, 'With the woman one loves, with the friend of one's heart, and with a good study of books, one might pass an age in this vale and think it a day.' Other writers, not a few, have lavished their encomiums on this spot; we were therefore doubly anxious to reach it in favourable weather, that we might have time and a proper opportunity of seeing the same, and exploring some, at least, of its lovely nooks. A few miles on our way, at Llanelltyd bridge, we pulled up the horses...