The Cardigan Bay Visitor

W. T. ROBERTS & CO., GENERAL GROCERS AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSEMEN, 7 NEW SHOP, CRICCIETH. Agents for W. & A. Gilbey's Wines and Spirits Bass's Burton Ales; and Guiuness's Dublin Stout, in bottles, 3s. 6d. per doz., reputed pints. Crosse and Blackwell's Jams, Pickles, Sauces, &c. Huntley & Palmer's Biscuits and Cakes. Melton Mowbray Pies, and Cambridge Sausages, fresh twice a week. Fresh Butter and Eggs from the country daily. Carriages for Hire. All Orders punctually attended to. f84 RAILWAY HOTEL, CRICCIETH FAMILY and Commercial. Horses and carriages for hire. Also closed and open pony carriages. Note the address, RAILWAY HOI EL, close to the Railway station. OWEN PARRY, PKOPRIETOK. BUILDING SITES. LAND to be let on lease or sold for building JLj purposes, admirably situated for Villa or other residences, Central Position, Unsurpassed Sea and Mountain View, terms on lease 99 years. APPLY, J. T. JOAES, PARCIAU, 81] CRICCIETH. THE GEORGE HOTEL, CRICCIETH, FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL, TOURISTS, Families, and Commercial Gentlemen, will find every accommodation at this old-established Hotel. Fishing Tickets may be had. Porting House. THOMAS EVANS PROPRIETOR. [79 GRIFFITH P. WILLIAMS, GENERAL IRONMONGER, &c., EIFION HOUSE, CRICCIETH. FISHING Tackle of every description for sea and river. Every information about the Fishing in the neighbourhood. Fishing Licences granted. Baths, Perambulators, Cribs, and Stretcher-beds on hire. Repairs of every description neatly and promptly executed. [82 D. LLOYD, PRINTER, BOOKSELLER, & STATIONER, HIGH STREET, PORTMADOC & CRICCIETH, FANCY GOODS DEPOT. ARTISTS' MATERIALS. Sketch Books and Blocks, Oil and Water Colours, danyu, Bradheg, fee. Bedford, Frith, and Hudson's Photo Views in Wales. NeWtq&pers, Weekly and Monthly Magazines and Periodicals. CIRCULATING LIBRARY. [8 D. D. BOWEiN, DEINIOL HOUSE, CRICCIETH, GENERAL GROCER & PROVISION DEALER. A large selection o the following goods :— I Home cured Hams and Bacon, Irish Roll and Wilt- shire smoked. Stilton, Cheshire and American Cheese. Crosse and Blackwell's Jams, Pickles, Sauces &c. Huntley ancl Palmer's Biscuits and Cakes. Cadbury's Chocolate and Cocoa. Fresh Butter and Eggs daily from the best Farms. [71 J. W. BOWEN, A.P.S., (From Dr Enos, Dublin, Chemist to his H.R.H. the Prinoe of Wales.) DISPENSING CHEMIST & WINE MERCHANT, MEDICAL HALL, CRICCIETH, NORTH WALES. Agent tor the following :— EUROPEAN WINE COMPANY, BASS' PALE ALE, GUINESS'S EXTRA STOUT, ELLIS & HINMOMYS MINERAL WATERS. P.S.-All prescriptions most carefully dispensed by the Pro- prietor himself, who has had years of experience in the best establishments in England and Ireland. Any articles not in stock procured at once. Parcels from Loadon -daily. (88 CRICCIETH, NORTH WALES. PARTICULARS OF HOUSES ON THE NEW ESPLANADE OF 4 large front sitting room, 2 small do., (all facing the Sea), 4 large back rooms adjoining the front rooms, 8 other bedrooms, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Larder, China or Store Room under Hall, 3 W.C.'s, Bath Room, Housemaid's closet, Lavatory, Inner and Outer Halls, Visitors' back entrance, back door. THE walls, floors in basement, and roof of the houses being constructed of concrete, the houses are almost fireproof, and entirely vermin-proof, while they are warm in winter and cool in aummer Each room is fitted with electric bells, and in all the large front rooms and back rooms adjoining spacious cupboards have been fitted. The lift enables meals to be sent from the kitchen to any floor without the waiter having to fetch the same. That and the Hot and Cold supply on each floor must be a great saving of labour. The roof forms a delightful private promenade. The sanitary arrangements are perfect. Rent the first year £70, owner paying all rates and taxes. For further partculars apply to WALTER B. C. JONES, 89] Estate Office, Criccieth. J. W. COATES, PARKIAU TERRACE, (NEAR THE STATION), CRICCIETH, GREENGROCER, GARDENER &c. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables daily at moderate prices. Orders promptly attended to. [87 J. HUGHES & CO., GENERAL GROCERS AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSEMEN, CASTLE VIEW, CRICCIETH. Huntley and Palmer's Biscuits and Cakes. Crosse and Black- well's Jams, Pickles, Sauces, &c. Ail orders promptly attended to. [85 D. O. PRICE, GENERAL AND FAMILY DRAPER, Begs respectfully to call the attention of Visitors to his well assorted stock of REAL WELSH SHAWLS, WRAPS, SNOWDON WHITTLES, FLANNELS, CYMRIC TWEEDS, AND COSTUME CLOTHS DIRECT FROM THE MILLS. LEADING NOVELTIES IN MILLINERY. General Assortment 8f Ladies' Gentlemens' and Children's Boots and Shoes. Observe the Address, POST OFFICE, CRICCIETH. THE GOLDEN EAGLE HOUSE. R. W. JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, &c.. Millinery and Dress Making in all its branches under experienced management. TO VISITORS. THE PRINCIPAL SHOP FOR WELSH SHAWLS, WELSH FLANNELS, HOME. SPUNS &c, Small profits and Quick returns, [219 R. T. PRITCHARD, LONDON HOUSE, Furnishing and General Ironmonger and Saddler. Baths and Stretcher Beds for Hire. Portmanteaus, &c., repaired. Repairs personally attended to. APARTMENTS, AT 1, PARCIA PLACE. APARTMENTS. 1, Sitting Room, 2, Parlours, 4, Bedrooms. Mrs. E. J. Elias, Cefn-y-gadai*1, Llanystumdwy, Criccieth, near the Sea. Good Trout Fishing in the River close by. Terms Moderate. Apply at, Bradford House, Criccieth, or at Cefn-y-gadair. MARINE HOTEL. THE LARGEST HOTEL IN CRICCIETH, A' D THE ONLY ONE CLOSE TO THE SEA. f 3 1HIS New Hotel will be ready for the recep- tion of Visitors and Families on July 2nd. Spacious Drawing and Coffee Rooms, Smoking Room, Hot and Cold Baths. W. ELLIS, PROPRIETOR. CRICCIETH. ELIGIBLE BUILDING LAND TO BE LET ON LONG LEASES. Fronting Cardigan Bay, Southern Aspect, Continua- tion Westward of Marine Terrace. Close to the Beach. Further particulars apply to W. WATKIN, MURIAU, CRICCIETH. PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, CRICCIETH. CENTRAL POSITION. EWLY erected first class Billiard Room with all conveniences. Breaks and cars for hire. LEWIS JONES, [70 PROPRIETOR. CRICCIETH BUILDING SOCIETY. 'DIRECTORS' CHAIRMAN W. WATKIN, ESQ., J.P., MURIAU. MONEY.—Safe Investment for any amount. Ad- vances on easy terms. —For particulars apply to Secretary, No. 4, Parkia-terrace, Criccieth. TO BE SOLD OR LET.—The commodious and beau- tifully-situated Freehold Property called Talarvor House, near Barmouth, well adapted for lodging house, &c. Apply to the Sec. of the above Society. [223

CRICCIETH. CrE >* F.RAL INFOBM ATIO X. Chairman of Local Board, Mr G. H. Owen; clerk, Mr Thomas Jones, solicitor, Portnuuloc surveyor, Mr John Jones, Caerdyni. School Board Chairman, Mr J. T. Jones clerk, Mr John Jones, Caerdyni; master, Mr T. Burnell, Bryntirion-terrace, Schools near the Castle. Burial Board: Chairman, Mr J. T. Jones; clerk, Mr John Jones, Caerdyni. Station master, Mr John Jones. POSTAL INFORMATION. Delivery commences at 7.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. at 10 a.m. on Sundays. Post closes for all parts of the kingdem at 6.15 p.m. for letters to be delivered in Criccieth alone up to 8 p.m. Post closes at 5.45 p.m. on Sundays. Telegraph office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on week days, and from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sundays. Postmaster, Mr D. 0. Price. BANKS. National Provincial, Manager, Mr Larkin North and South Wales, Manager, Mr W. Jones. Both places are open for business at Criccieth on Tuesdays and fair days only. PLACES OF WORSHIP. Established Church, English and Welsh services Presbyterian, English and Welsh Independents, Baptist and Wesleyan, Welsh services only. FISHING. In addition to fishing in the sea for mackerel, gurnet, &c., trout fishing may be had in the Dwyfawr and the Dwyfach, as well as in Cwmstrallyn Lake. Stations on the Dwyfawr may be reached by road at distances of 1 or 11 miles and stations on the Dwyfach by rail to Brynkir, Ynys, or Llangybi stations on the L. & N. W. R. via Afonwen on the Cambrian line. The road to Cwmstrallyn Lake will be found indicated below. Licences may be obtained at the George Hotel, and of Mr G. P. Williams, ironmonger, and, with the exception of small reaches of the streams, the waters are open to anglers. THE CASTLE. A prominent feature in the physical aspect of Criccieth is the conical hill, which rises abruptly from the sea shore a position which in days of yore was utilized as the site of a castle of which the ruins now remain to add its quota to the charm and interest of the locality. The Castle may be reached from the station, or from the Esplanade and lower parts of the town. The ruins are well preserved, and the grounds are tastefully laid out and provided with seats. Every inch of the grounds commands a magnificent prospect. To the right, seawards, is the Carnarvon peninsula, with its elevations decreasing in height to the extremity where Bardsey Island, the last long home of British saints, terminate the land; and to the left, a pretty bay backed by the Harlech and Barmouth coast, and the mountains which rise in picturesque confusion in the background. Among the mountains which may be seen from the Castle, and indeed from many parts of Criccieth itself, are Snowdon (3,571 feet); Cader Idris (2,914) Moel Hebog (2,850); Moelwyn (2,566); Yr Eifl (1,866) and Garn Madryn above Pwllheli (1,233). Like that of Harlech, Criccieth Castle boasts of British origin, having been built by Prince Llewelyn at the early part of the thirteenth century. The conical hill to the west of the Castle, called Dinas, or the city, appears to have been at one time fortified and to have been used as a sort of out work to the Castle. WALKS. Leaving the Post Office, follow the Portmadoc road through the town, turn to the right opposite the new church, proceed under the railway, and on to the Esplanade and along the beach to the Black Rock, distant, limile. Before leaching the Black Rock is the Ogof-ddu, through four miles of which two pipei's, once upon a time, walked, emerging at Pennant at a place to this day called the Piper's Ann and, it is added, they not only found the hole ventilated, but had sufficient wind to play throughout their sub- terranean journey. On the Criccieth side of the Black Rock is a pebble beach, but on the other side a 1),a(tli of tine sand stretches for miles. On this side, too,' are several caves. The return journey may be made the same way. Again, leave the Post Office, but in this case take the road leading westward towards Pwllheli. Instead of turning off to the Railway Station, continue along the main road until a highway to the left is seen. This leads over the railway on to the cliffs, and to the beach. Descend to the beach, and walk along it. or along the cliffs above for about two miles to the mouth of the river Dwyfawr. Follow the river upwards for about twenty yards, pass through a gate which opens into a road which follow, keeping to the left till it leads into the main road, which, to the right, leads back into Criccieth. Mynydd Ednyfed is a walk embracing many fine views. Leave the Post Office, go through the town, and turn off by the road leading past the parish church aqd the cemetery. Go through the gate crossing the road and follow the road until a second gate is reached in front of a farm house. Go through the gate and ascend the hill, Mynydd Ednyfed, taking care to keep on the pathway. This eminence commands a magnifi- cent panorama, including the Snowdon and Cader Idris ranges. The pretty village of Llanystumdwy is the centre of another attractive walk. Leave Criccieth by the Pwll- heli road, and in about a mile Llanystumdwy church, river, and bridge, situated in a wooded hollow, is reached. The return journey may be made the same way or by turning to the right a few yards before reaching the bridge. This highway, after going uphill for a short distance, runs parallel with the main road, and eventually leads into it. Many ferns grow here. The complete circuit is about three miles. A walk, iiyduding attractions for the antiquarian as well as the sight-seer and the health-seeker, may be had by leaving Criccieth by the Carnarvon road. In about li mile the river Dwyfawr is reached cross the bridge, and pass the mill (a much-painted spot). Follow the road until cross roads appear, when turn to the left and proceed down hill to Llanystumdwy Church, and hoitie along the main road. A little more than half way between the bridge and the cross-road is a cromlech in a field to the right, lying about 300 yards from the road. A finer cromlech may be seen on Ystumcegid Farm, which can best be visited by following the Carnarvon road from Criccieth for about a mile, taking the second turning to the right, and by following the paths across the fields. By following the line of telegraph poles eastward in 4 miles Portmadoc will be reached. The harbour, slate wharves, and the embankment, which cost in making about a guinea an inch, and reclaimed thousands of acres of land, onay be inspected, and the return journey to Criccieth made by rail. Trains leave for Criccieth nearly every hour after four o'clock. Before reaching Portmadoc, Tremadoc will be seen to the left. It has a fine church, and in the neighbourhood Shelley once resided. He left because, as he wrote, he was shot at for his political sentiments, but it is just possible that his tailor was more pressing than polite. C, OUTINGS. Cwmstrallyn. —Proceed for about two miles along the Portmadoc road, past Ystumllyn trees, until a second spot is reached where the road passes under trees. A few yards down the hill a road turns up on the left exactly opposite a small cottage, the gable end of which abuts on the main road. Take this turning on the left proceeding over a small wooden bridge, and follow the road past a chapel called Tabor." Keep on the road and cross a little railway (which comes down from an unused quarry situated beyond Cwmstrallyn.) Still follow the road until an old parish road crosses at the tup. Tuni on the right and follow the parish road for a few yards. Then take the first turn on the left, and follow the road until the main road is reached. (Between Tabor Chapel and the main road last re- ferred to the hill commands a magnificent panorama— taking in Moel y Gest, with the town of Portmadoc, the Toy Railway and Embankment, part of Glaslyn River, Llyn Bach, and Traeth Mawr and Morfa Bychan at the base, and the Merioneth- shire range of mountains beyond. Then turn to the left and proceed to Clenenny, a house lj'ing on the right hand side of the road. Clenenny was the residence of Sir John Owen, who, in the Civil Wars, was one of the staunchest Royalists of North Wars, was one of the staunchest RoyaJists of North Wales. He fought for the king with a pertinacity worthy of a better cause, and his unswerving fidelity brought him under the shadow of the scaffold. When condemned he said, I think it a great honour for a poor gentleman of Wales to lose his head with such noble lords. By God I was afraid they would have hanged me." He was, however, neither hanged nor executed. By the interest of Ireton he was set at liberty after but a few months' imprisonment. At Clenenny, turn to the right and follow the road (passing a very large building—once used for slate-cutting purposes, -and still containing the machinery), until the lake, Cwmstrallyn, is seen, surrounded by hills, among which Moel Hebog is prominent. The ascent of Moel Hebog may be made from the lake. The distance to the lake is six miles from Criccieth. The road may be continued four or five miles on to Beddgelert, whence coach may be taken into Port- madoc, and into Criccieth by train. The whole dis- tance back may be done on the Criccieth coach, which leaves Beddgelert about three in the afternoon. Pwllheli and Nevin. -Cambrian train may be taken to Pwllheli (the salt pool), which lies between eight and nine miles to the west of Criccieth. Thence coach may be taken across the peninsula to Nevin, a drive of nine miles through pretty country. At Nevin, Edward I., in 1284, celebrated his conquest of Wales; and a short distance off is Vortigern's Valley, an illl- mense hollow, where, it is said, he fled from the rage of his subjects over the transaction of Hengist and Horsa, and that both he and his castle were consumed by lightning. The return may be made by coach and train. Day trips can be made to Beddgelert, Festiniog, and Snowdon.

TAN-Y-BWLCH YALE OF FESTHsIGG. OAIiELEY ARMS HOTEL. THIS ESTABLISHMENT, situated in the heart of the above Vale, offers all the inducements of beauty and variety of Scenery, The Hotel is nicely sheltered on gently ruing ground, and for moderate charges and every uouifort will be found unsurpassed W any in the Principality. if T GROI NDS of W. E. Oakeley, Esq.. to which Visitors to the Hotel have accesg, are kept in the highest state of cultivation. Tnhico EXCELLENT SALMON" FISHING in preserved waters, and the most ROMANTIC WATERKALI,S in Wales are only three mi'es distant. « There is a Postal Telegraph Office in the Hotel, which is within ono mile of the Tan-y-liwlch Station on the Festiniog Railway, an two and a half from Maentwrog Road on the Great Western. A conveyance meets most Trains. 55] HOT AND COLD BATHS. LAWN TENNIS. L. J. IUE, Proprietress • ————————— SPORTSMAN FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL. PORTMADOC. MARY FRAJSClS, t 52] PROPRIETRESS. PORTMADOC. D. ROBERTS AND CO., WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCERS AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSEMAN. Bottlers ofbass & Co.'s Burton Ale and Guinness's Dublin Stout. Agents for W. and A. Gilbey, Wine Importers and Distillers. EIFL/' | TEMPERANCE AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL, 83, A 85, HIGH STREET, PWLLHELI < ? PROPRIETOR—WILLIAM JONES. d" [153 CARS FOR HIRE. 4 — GRAPES HOTEL, { CHOICE WINES AND SPIRITS. PRIVATE! I BOARD AND LODGING. I TAN Y-BWLCH, MAENTWROG, IN THE VALftfr OF FESTINIOG. W Fishing (Lakes and Rivers) on very easy terms.A Posting in all its Branches. EVAN DA VIES, 53] Proprietor

PORTMADOC. POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. The post closes for all parts at 5.45 p.m., excepting- for Penrhyndeudraeth and Barmouth, for which places. letters may be posted to 9 p.m. An extra bag is made up for Carnarvon in the afternoons, for which letters, &c., must be posted before 3.20 p.m. The mornirg delivery commences at 8.20, and there is an evening delivery at 7 for local letters. Parcels post closes -At 5 p.m. On Sundays the post closes an hour earlier. The telegraph office is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Postmaster, Mr Evan Jones. WALKS, &c. Across the embankment at Festiniog Station end of town distance, 1 mile. Across embankment, take road to the right to Pen- rhyndeudraeth (3 miles), cross river by toll-bridge and on to Talsarnau (5J miles), or continue on to Harlech < (9 miles); return by train from any of these places. Across embankment through Penrhyn to Maentwrog J (7 miles); return by train from Tanybwlch Station. j Take Festiniog train to Penrhyndeudraeth, road to the left to Llanfrothen, and on to where the Croesor tramway crosses the road return by the tramroad (8 miles), or take the road over the bridge and to the left to Pent Aberglaslyn, returning along the Tremadoc | road (about 12 miles). j Past the Cambrian Railway station to Tremadoc( 1 mile) ( Through Tremadoc, turn to the right (passing Tan- rallt on the hill on the left) to Brynteg (3! miles), to I Pont Aberglaslyn (6 miles), and through the pass to i Beddgelert (S miles). Through Tremadoc, turn to the left, take the first turning again to the left, and return along the Pen- amser road (3 miles). I Through Tremadoc, turn to the left, pass the road about 1,000 yards further on to the right, pass throngh I the village of Pwllgloewlas to Penmorfa, and take the I lane down the hill on the left of the Bwlchyfe<ven f Inn. Before reaching the old parish church oi St. Beuno, take the road to the left, pass Wern on to th6 I Criccieth road. Distance, about 6 miles. I < Printed and published by J. Gibson, 25, Chalybeate Terrace, At. ;r f yetwyth. in the county of Cardigan. Wednesday, July 20th, 1887. j

HARLECH. The Ccutle.-The quaint town of Harlech and the neighbourhood present many features of charm and interest, but the most prominent attraction of the place is the Castle, which rises from the brow of a precipitous cliff, overlooking the coast and a wide panorama to the right and left of sea and mountain. The Snow- donian range makes a fine back ground for the Castle ruins, which are some of the best preserved in the Principality. The entrance to the Castle is effected over a moat hewn in the solid rock on the north-east side. After passing through the main gateway, a parterre runs aiound the walls of the Castle, and on the sea side leads down to the water-gate, the tide, as some suppose, at one time having washed the base of the cliff. On entering the Castle itself flights of stone steps, worn by the tread of generations, lead into the hall, on each side of which are guard rooms, and, above, the state apartments with chapel and confessional. In the interior is the spacious yard (wherein are now held the festivals of the Ardudwy Choral Union); and, ascending from this yard, is a stairway leading to the top of the walls which are wide enough to allow several people to walk abreast, and where visitors may lounge on the seats provided and view the magnificent scenery stretched out before them on all sides. The massive heaviness of the structure is qualified by light and elegant turrets, and among them, one known by the name of Twr Bronwen, the tower of the white-breasted maiden. Bronwen, it is said, was the daughter of Bran Vendigaed, the Blessed Bran, and sister of the famed Caractacus. Bran (so it is said in the Mab- inogion, Welsh children's stories delightfully tran- slated by Lady Charlotte Guest), on his return from Rome, whither he had been taken as hostage for the Britons, brought Christianity home to his compatriots. Standing one day on the then bare rock of Harlech, surrounded by his companions, he beheld a mighty fleet approaching. It was the fleet of Matholwch, the Irish prince, come to ask the hand of Bronwen. The events which followed are fully set forth in the Mab- inogion. Bronwen departed as Matholwch's bride. The married life, however, belies its fair augury, and a box on the ear which Bronwen received from her lord and master not only led to her return home, but to a terrible war between the two nations, in which Bran the Blessed was killed. Hence the blow is de- scribed in the 51st triad as one of the "three luckless blows of the Island of Britain." Tradition is uncertain as to what became of Bronwen subsequently. One account says that she died of a broken heart shortly after landing, and the other account that she built a tower on Harlech rock, where for years she lived a secluded life and refused to be comforted. Whether the Romans ever occupied the spot is not known. Their great road, the Sarn Helen, runs through a valley a few miles further north, and coins have been dug up on the lands below Harlech, many of which bore the impress of a wolf, Romulus and Remus, and a few the legend of Leviconstans. About the middle of the sixth century, Twr Bronwen was incorporated with a far more substantial edifice, built by Maelgwyn Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, "a fine, hand- some, and generous man, and the subduer of many cruel kings," who was, however, himself subdued by the Fad Felin, a yellow monster which arose out of the marshes and slew his people. Next, in the early part of the tenth century, Collwyn ab Tanguo, Lord of Ardudwy, and founder of one of the fifteen Royal tribes of North Wales, has the credit of having re- paired Maelgwyn's Castle, and to have changed its name to Caer Collwyn, or the fortress of Collwyn. The present edifice owes its origin to Edward I., and to the plans of Henri di Ellerton, the architect of Con- way and Carnarvon castles. The date assigned for its completion is 1283, but portions of the walls give evid- ence of older date, which perhaps sanctions the con- jecture that Edward 1. found a portion of Collwyn ab Tangno's castle standing and utilized it. At the com- mencement of the fifteenth century, Owen Glyndwr, er Gletidower, as Shakespeare calls him, in his war of Welsh independence, seized Harlech Castle by a coup de main, but was subsequently ousted by Prince Hal. The next step is to the Wars of the Roses, which pro- vide an interesting chapter in the history of the Castle. The fortress was then held for the House of Lancaster by the valient Davydd ap Ieuan ap Einion, and for a time afforded shelter to Margaret of Anjou, the high- spirited Queen of Henry VI., after the disastrous battle of Northampton. It is during this visit that the popular "March of the Men of Harlech is sup- fosed to have been composed. Under Davydd ap euan, Harlech was the last fortress in North Wales that held out for the Lancastrian cause. The English King commanded William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to obtain possession of the Castle at all hazard. When the governor was summoned to surrender, he replied, Tell your master that I once held a castle in France till all the old wdmen of Wales talked about it; and I will now hold this Castle till all the old women of France will talk about it;" and it seemed as if what h. said would be verified, for in the subsequent attack the beseigers were repulsed with great slaughter. William Herbert then gave over the command to hi* brother Sir Richard, a hero equal in size and prowess to his antagonist. He sat down before the Castle and starved its occupants into submission, but only upoo the most honourable terms. These the King, bearing in mind the obstinate fight Davydd ap Ieuan haa made, refused, in uncourteous terms, to ratify. "Sire," replied Sir Richard, "accept of my life in lieu of the Welsh captain's, if you choose, but the conditions must be fulfilled. Otherwise I shall put Einion back again in his castle, and your Highness may send whom you please to recapture him." The King ultimately ratified the terms, but gave Sir Richard no other re- ward for his great trouble. The incidents that occurred during the Wars of the Roses have been worked up in an interesting novel called Gladys of Harlech," in which the fortunes of Davydd ap Ieuan are followed to the ultimate success of the Lancastrian cause. Dur- ing the Civil Wars occasioned by the bad government of Charles I., Harlech was garrisoned for the King under the command of Major Pennant. It subse- quently, however, fell into the hands of General Mytton, the North Wales leader of the Parliamentary forces. In later years it was used as an Assize Court and prison for the county, and now is given over to the arts of peace. Very picturesque walks may be taken from Harlech by going up the road near the Post Office, and by turning to the left. The road eventually leads out into the main road, which may be taken back into Harlech. Instead of turning to the left the roadway may be continued on to Cwmbychan and the Roman steps leading through the Bwlchtyddiad Pass. An interesting object to the antiquarian are the Muriau Gwyddelod, or the walls of the strangers, which lie about half a mile out of the town, on the south side. Gwyddelod is generally translated Irish- men. The ruined walls are supposed to be the remains of hovels occupied by the earlier residents of the dis- trict, but whether those residents were invading Picto from Ireland, or remnants of the first Celtic immi- gration into Great Britain driven westward by the- second Celtic immigration, is a question for anti- quarians to decide on very scanty evidence. -0