The Welshman

PEMBROKESHIRE AND CARMARTHENSHIRE OTTER HUNT. Offer from Mr. Clay, M.O.H. A meeting of gentlemen interested in this Hunt was held at the Yelverton Hotel, Whitland, on Monday last, to consider a letter from Mr Clay, M.O. H., Chepstow, offering to hunt the country. Dr. H. Lawrence, Narberth, presided, and there were also present: Mr Protheroe-Beynon, Trewem; Major Glascott, Saundersfoot; Mr Lewis Evans, Pantycendy Mr W. H. Yelverton, Whitland Abbey Mr Luttrell Blake; Dr. Rowland Thomas, St. Clears: Mr Powell, Waungron: Mr F. W. Miller, Tenby; Mr H. R. Sheild, Parcglas; Mr D. H. R. Thomas, &c. The letter received from Mr Clay contained an offer from that well-known sportsman to come down for a month or six weeks in the summer for a small subscription. After some conversation, it was resolved to ask him to come down for six weeks in July and August, for a guarantee of R50, and the following gentlemen were appointed to secure subscriptions in the neighbourhood Haverfordwest district, Mr A. W. Massey, Cuffern; St. Clears, Dr. R. Thomas; Carmarthen, Mr Howell Thomas; Tenby, Major Glascott, Saundersfoot; and Whitland, Mr G. Protheroe-Beynon. It is believed there is every prospect of good sport. Nothing was done last year, owing to the dispersion of the hounds, formerly kept up by Mr J. Evans, Welston Court. Should the ensuing season be successfully got through, we understand there is every probability of a well known local gentleman taking over the mastership next year.

BRAND RUN WITH THE CARMARTHEN HOUNDS. The followers of the Carmarthen Hunt ex- perienced a pleasurable day last week in the Whitland district. The meet was at Cwmfelin, where there was a very large attendance to greet the master (Capt. Grismond Philipps), about thirty horsemen and three ladies being present. The hounds went to Trewern the night before, Tom being in charge. Pantygollen gorse was drawn, and there was an immediate find, Reynard break- ing cover at the top of the hill, and going down past Talfan. From there he went to Sarnlas, across the road to the woods at Blaenwernddu. Then to Cefnfarchen, along by the road to Wern- lygos, down to Llwyncelyn, and by the railway to Dwfrdv, taking to ground at Llwyngareg. The run, which was very fast, no horseman being near until the finish, lasted about half-an-hour. A move was then made to Henllan covers, a long way off, only to be dissappointed of a find. Gelly- dogin was also drawn blank, but on Castelldrainog being tried, a splendid dog fox started off. He led the way to Rabyr, across to Blaenwerneirch, over the road to Pantyffynon, then along the bottom to Henllan. across to Caeremlyn, and then to Hendre. From here he took to Hiraeth, past Penlan, then to Penrallt, and on to Penclippan. He thence made off by the bottom between Pen- clippan and Cilowen, and pointed as if for the old Cefnbralle Racecourse, but turned to the right, and crossed the road near Rest. He ran down the valley between Rest and Henllan, and across to Cilhengroes, then over to Postyfach. and across the road by Cefnbralle, and on to Maesgwyn-issa. There he turned to the left, and went to Maes- gwyn. He dodged through the covers back to Maesgwyn-issa, and then through the woods to Maesgwyn a second time. Crossing to Cilfynydd he went down towards Penrallt-gibby, turning to the left, and going to the Racecourse, where he tried to go to ground in a drain. The drain was, however, closed, and Reynard went to Rest again, and down to Cilhengroes, and over the top of the hill to where he was first found. He then led the hounds over part of the same course as at first, crossing the road at Blaenwernhydd, down to Bryngwelltin, and from there to Cwmfelin, where they killed in the open. The run was a most exhilarating one, lasting two hours and forty minutes without a break.

LOCAL FAIRS FOR MARCH, 1901 I 5th, Tuesday, St. Clears St. Davids 6th, Wednesday, Carmarthen Monthly Market 7th, Thursday, Fishguard lIth, Monday, Clynderwen Maenclochog 12th, Tuesday, Llangadock Llandilo Market 15th, Friday, Carmarthen 18th, Monday, Letterston 19th, Tuesday, Haverfordwest Whitland 20th, Wednesday, Narberth Haverfordwest (Pig Fair) J 21st, Thursday, Pencader Narberth (Pig Fair) 22nd, Friday, Newcastle-Emlyn] 25th, Monday, Pembroke Llandovery Cardigan 26th, Tuesday, Crymmych Llandilo Market [Our lists of fairs are supplied by Mr C. H. Portnell, the well-known lessee of markets in this district. His accuracy may be relied upon, although we cannot, of course, be responsible for occasional or accidental errors should they occur.]

CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES. Justice Bruce Presented with White Gloves I The Winter Assizes for the County of Carmarthen, and the Borough of Carmarthen, were opened at the Shire Hall, Carmarthen, on Wednesday. Mr Justice Bruce arrived from Lampeter by the 12 train. He was accompanied at the Court by the High Sheriff of the County (Mr Benjamin Evans); Clerk of Arraigns (Hon. Stephen Coleridge) Deputy-Clerk of Arraigns (Mr Grlascodine) High Sheriff's Chaplain (the Rev. Ebenezer Jones, vicar of Llandingat); the Under- Sheriff of the County (Mr William Howell); the Mayor of Carmarthen (Alderman E. C. Evans; the Borough High-Sheriff (Mr Walter Spurrell); and Under-Sheriff (Mr Thomas Walters). Also present were.—Mr Ernest Trubshaw; Mr D. H. Thomas, Derry Mr John Lewis, etc. County Grand Jury. I The following were sworn on the County grand jury —Sir James Drummond, Bart. (foreman); Mr Herbert Peel, Taliaris: Mr D. W. Drummond, Portiscliff; Sir Lewis Morris, Penrhyn; Judge Bishop; Mr C. W. Jones, Carmarthen; Mr T. Parkinson, Castle Pigyn; Mr JGrwilym Evans, Llanelly; Mr J. Lewis Thomas, Caeglas; Mr John Lloyd, Penybank; Mr George Henry Strick, Brynamman; Mr John B. Phillips, Clyngwyn; Mr A. E. DuBuisson, Glynhir; Mr John Jones, Penrock; Mr Augustus Brigstocke, Blaenpant; Mr Robert Margraves, Llanelly; Mr J. F. H. Buckley, Bryncaerau; Mr Francis Thomas Griffiths, Burry Port; and the Rev. Thomas Lewis, Llanstephan. In his charge to the grand jury, his lordship said: 11 1 regret that some of you have been put to some in- convenience owing to my late arrival here. The business at Lampeter made it impossible for me to be here sooner. 1 have very few words to address to you, and they are words of congratulation. There is only one case on the calendar, and that is not of a very serious character. It is very satisfactory to this county that there is an almost entire absence of crime. It is a fitting commence- ment to the new reign which I hope will be as happy, and as glorious as that of her late Majesty Queen Victoria." Borough Grand Jury. On the Borough Grand Jury there vere the following gentlemen:—Mr E. S. Allen, M.A. (foreman) Mr John Harries, Notts-square; Mr John Davies Evans, Cwmoernant; Mr John Thresh, Parade; Mr T. Bland Davies, Quay-street; Mr William Thomas Hall-street; Mr James Phillips, Picton-place; Mr Thomas Davies Lewis, Picton-terrace: Mr J. P. Carter, Guildhall- square Mr Henry Thomas, Emporium; Mr R. O. Jones, Oak House: Mr Daniel Lewis, King-street; Mr John Davies, King-street; and Mr W. S. Morris, Bridge-street. In his charge to the Borough Grand Jury, his Lordship said he congratulated them most sincerely upon absence of crime in the county of their borough. He held the certificate of the Governor of His Majesty's Prison, saying he had no prisoner in custody for trial at these Assizes. It was a matter of earnest congratulation that in that borough no crime had been of sufficient importance to warrant an assize trial. He would not detain them, but he would ask them to retire to their room, and he prepared to receive any present- ment that might be made. Complaints might be preferred but he hoped there would be none. He thought it would be right for them to retire and see whether any presentment would be brought before them. The Borough Grand Jury found no complaints awaiting them and his Lordships said he would now discharge them. I might say, he concluded, that the High Sheriff has presented me with a pair of white gloves in memory of the purity of your borough-long may it continue. The high-sheriff (Mr Benjamin Evans) took the oath of allegiance to King Edward VII. Sir James Drummond, Bart., on the return of the Grand Jury into the court, said We, the Grand Jury of the county of Carmarthen, at the first assizes of his Majesty King Edward VII., desire to express our great sorrow at the close of the reign of her late Majesty, our beloved Queen, and sympathy with the Royal Family in the bereavement that has fallen upon them. It is also our privilege and duty to express our loyalty to the throne on the accession of his Majesty King Edward VII.—Signed, on behalf of the Grand Jury, James Drummond, foreman." His Lordship: Your presentment shall be placed on record, and forwarded to the Secretary of State. The Foreman of the Grand Jury said they found a true bill against David Evans for misdemeanour. The Grand Jurors were then discharged, and the Court was adjourned till 2.30. Attempted Suicide. Upon re-assembling, David Evans, haulier, Gorslas, Llanarthney, on bail, answered to a charge of attempt- ing to commit suicide by cutting himself with a razor on Dec. 12th. Mr John Lloyd Morgan, M.P. (instructed by Mr Claude Davies, from the office of Mr J. W. Nicholas) was for the prosecution. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and Dr. Henderson, who was called in, and attended him, stated he considered prisoner's mind now all right, and he could go to work again. Prisoner, in his own defence, said he had lost a good deal of sleep through troubles in his family, and did not know what he was doing when he committed the act. The Judge said he was willing to take a very favour- able view of the case under these circumstances, and directed prisoner to Ijj discharged under his own recognisances, with the understanding that he must come up for judgment when called upon. High Sheriff's Luncheon. The High Sheriff entertained a large body at the Ivy Bush Royal Hotel at 1.30 to an excellent luncheon. Supporting Mr Benjamin Evans at the head of the table were the Lord Lieutenant of the County (Sir James Drummond), Sir Lewis Morris (Penbryn), the Mayor of Carmarthen (Alderman E. C. Evans), the High Sheriff's Chaplain (Rev. Ebenezer Jones), &c. The High Sheriff, on the termination of the repast, said:—"Gentlemen,—I rise to propose to you the health of his Majesty King Edward the Seventh, of her Majesty the Queen Consort, and of the other members of the Royal Family. This toast is not a difficult one, because it needs no argument and no lengthy com- mendation but, gentlemen, I should just like to say that we, as loyal citizens of the Empire, take a special pride in the fact that King Edward has so long been associated with Wales. That association is in a measure severed, but if we have lost a Prince, have we not gained a King ? The gallant little Principality-there is no need, in face of recent announcements, to re- linquish that title-yields to no part of his Majesty's vast dominions in loyalty to the Throne, and you, gentlemen, do not need that I should recount to you the many claims that our Royal Family has to our devoted homage and respect, besides our deepest sympathy. I ask you to fill your glasses, and honour the toast with three times three.' Long live the King." The toast was drunk with musical honours. Sir James Drummond, in an eloquent speech, pro- posed the health of the worthy chairman, the High- Sheriff (loud applause). His deeds of kindness were numerous (hear, hear). He was sure they were all very much indebted to him, and proud that he was a native of Carmarthenshire (applause). The Almighty had endowed a great many of them with riches, but not everyone unfortunately, made a proper use of those riches, not so with their High-Sheriff (hear, hear). He had always acted in a most generous manner (hear, hear). He (Sir James) was very pleased to hear that before long, as he was giving up his business in Gla- morganshire, it was his intention to go and live with them in the county in which he spent his early youth (hear, hear). He was sure they would receive him with open arms (applause). He was very pleased to hear he was a sportsman as well as a business man (hear, hear). He hoped they should have the pleasure of seeing him wear a red coat (hear, hear), and enjoy country life as he richly deserved too. The toast was enthusiastically drunk, with a rendition of He's a Jolly Good Fellow," after which the High Sheriff replied. He said he had not words at hand to adequately express to them his thanks at the kindly remarks made concerning him and the enthusiastic manner in which they had drunk his health. Sir James Drummond, he said, had by his personal character, endeared himself to all classes of the commendable consideration for the feelings of others (applause). His (the High Sheriff) year* of office was almost at an end. As far as the county has been con- cerned he thought it had not been a bad year, and he believed he was correct in saying that crime had decreased. His year of office, however, had been marked by a melancholy event. The funeral of the greatest monarch that the world had ever seen had recently taken place, and for her late Majesty, of blessed memory, the whole Empire mourned. To most of them our beloved Queen seemed almost immortal, and even now it was difficult for them to realise that she was gone. He made a short reference to her successor, and also touched upon the noble words that were written in the Press by Sir Lewis Morris, concerning our late Sovereign. Sir Lewis Morris was called upon to speak, and said he had listened with great interest to the speeches of the Lord-Lieutenant and the High-Sheriff. He was delighted to find that the High-Sheriff was coming to live among them. It was either in the shrievalty of Mr Gwilym Evans or his brother (Mr David Evans) that he remembered saying that when you get a good sheriff, you may just as well keep him" (laughter). All of them had been good, however. The hospitality of Mr Evans had been very great, and he had carried out the duties of the office so well that he hoped he would be their sheriff for a second year. He did not know whether that would meet with his liking. They knew that such a repast as they had had could not be had for nothing or anything like it (laughter). He might not see it in the same light as they did. He had treated them very handsomely that day (applause). There was one point with regard to the Assizes he would like to touch upon. He hoped to be able to get back and hear the trial of the one prisoner whom, in his opinion, ought never to have been sent for trial at all. Something had occurred to him with regard to the fact that he was there by him- self — all alone there was nobody else with him (laughter). Could they not do something to promote a growing wish for more crime ? (laughter). It was really getting extremely serious (laughter). In the different counties in which the Judge had been, there had been very few prisoners awaiting him it was really a beggarly list to present to his Majesty's Judge (laughter). He did not ask for murders, burglaries, or any of those unpleasant things, but could they not have a few technical offences, as larcenies, that did not hurt anybody very much, so as to afford employment for the police (laughter), for the judges (laughter), the chief- constables (more laughter), for the grand jurymen, and, chief of all, for the meritorious juniors of the Bar (renewed laughter). Really and truly, it was a very serious matter, because he was told-he hoped it was not true—there was an intention to shut up their prison. Here they were going to take X2,000 & year away from the town; they would lose their position as the chief town of the county, and all because a few people would not commit any larcenies (loud laughter). But the matter must be looked upon from another point of view. When they considered the enormous lists that were presented in other parts of the country, it was really wonderful that there should be an absence of crime among the Welsh people. The Welsh had their faults and their vices, but they had no crime (hear, hear). It was sincerely to be hoped that as education spread- as it was spreading—there would be less crime still. Then, and not till then, would he be prepared to shut up Carmarthen Gaol (laughter). Their friends at Llanelly, he was told, were in the habit of sending their prisoners—not to Carmarthen, but over the border into Glamorganshire, really for the purpose of saving something like lid. on the carriage (" Shame," and a Voice, That is quite true"). They should really re-consider the matter, and if it was undertaken to send the prisoners to Carmarthen, they would hear no more of the talk to close Carmarthen Gaol. He hoped he would not be considered an advocate of criminality generally (laughter). One had to look in the first instance to the interests of his old town (hear, hear). As to what had been said of some words of his in the papers, he wished to thank the High-Sheriff and said there was no difficulty in saying a good word in favour of the great Sovereign whom we had just lost (applause). Mr Ivor Bowen proposed the health of Judge Bishop," and Sir Lewis Morris gave "The Mayor of Carmarthen." Brief replies were made by both gentlemen, the latter thanking the High-Sheriff and the three deputy-lieutenants of the County, for accompanying him on Proclamation Day, and the proceedings terminated.

26 The 11th of July. 27 A Cistercian establishment, founded about 1198 or 1200. 28 This word may be pronounced approximately as Coyd-forth-goke (" g hard). I 29 About 1,300 or 1,400ft. the summit of the hill i Y Garn (2,063ft.). 30 This name may be pronounced approximately as Rider, the i being long and broad. 31 The glen of the Mawddach is here somewhat marred by the presence of gunpowder-works, and far more so by that of copper, lead, zinc, and gold mines. Pistyll-y-Caen, on a tributary of the Mawddach, is stated to be more than 100ft. or about 150ft. in height. This fine waterfall is six miles nearly due N. from Dolgellau. 32 The 13th of July. 33 Llyn Bach. The summit-level of the roadway in the Pass appears to be 938ft. 34 Probably Craig Lwyd (" The Brown Rock "), part of The Cadair. 36 This word may be pronounced as Mooin-gil (" g hard) 36 The six or seven over-lapping knolls and knobs on the left of the lake are very striking objects at a distance. 37 1,882ft.

VARIOUS DISTRICT ITEMS. Messrs James Bowen and Edwin Lloyd are t nominated for re-election as Borough auditors for Tenby. There is no opposition. At the Lampeter Board of Guardians on Friday, Mr David Lloyd, clerk, resigned his appointment after 47 years' service. Mr J. Hugh Edwaids, editor of Young Wales, was on Saturday re-elected a member of the Cardiganshire County Council. Llandovery people have decided upon spending L140 on the renovation of the bells of Llandingat Church. Subscriptions of thirty guineas has been promised. The Haverfordwest Races are to be held on the Port- field Racecourse on April 11th, A capital programme is being arranged. A fife and drum band is being formed in Prendergast, with Mr W. H. Walker as bandmaster. A practice was held on Saturday evening. A meeting was held in the Shire-hall on Friday evening last, and was well attended, to consider the desirability of presenting Sir Charles Philipps with a memento in recognition of his services as mayor. Haverfordwest is now being connected by telephone with the trunk bj stem of the United Kingdom. Work- men belonging to the Telephone Company have been busily engaged at the work for some time past. Tuesday's Gazette has the following bankruptcy notice Receiving Orders. Samuel Jones, of Meiros Hall, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, farm servant and labourer. Mr Gwilym Evans has been presented by the work- men of Capel Evan Colliery, Pontyberem with a gold watch and chain on the occasion of his departure for Queensland. On Friday afternoon the funeral took place at Cardigan of Mrs Sage Hilliar, who had attained the age of 104 years. She was the widow of Mr Joseph Hilliar, hairdresser, and had resided in the town for 50 years. The hockey teams of Llanduvery and Oystermouth met fit Llandovery on Saturday afternoon, before a large concourse of spectators. Llandovery proved easy winners by ten goals to nil. The scorers were M. H. Nichols (four), W. Ress (three), H. V. Watkins (two), and Oarne Williams (one). Through a dispute between Mr W. B. Jenkins the lessee of the Narberth Gas Works and the Parish Council, the town is in darkness. Last year the Parish Council paid about j670 for the lighting of the town. For the next year Mr Jenkins wants.6100 which the Parish Council think exorbitant. Hence the supply is stopped. Near Llanelly on Monday night at the Pentrepoeth crossing on the Mynyddmawr railway, Mary Rees, a child of three was trying to cross the line near her Earents' house when a mineral train came along and knocked her down. One of her legs was cut off, and also one of her arms. The poor child was taken to the Llanelly Hospital, where she died two hours after- wards. The Rev. J. B. Thomas, St. Clears, visited the Betbania Methodist Cburch, Whitland, as one of the annual ymwelwyr last week. The annual statement of accounts showed a balance of about J625 in the treasurer's hands. Mr Thomas strongly advised the friends to receive this large surplus by increasing their Sunday acknowledgments to the minister who officiate for them. We leam that Mr Alfred Stephens, of Broombill, has taken npon himself the task of restoring the peal of bells in St. Mary's Church steeple. There are said to have been originally eight bells. Many yet hving remember six, but they have dwindled down to three, and one of these is sadly cracked. It is intended to have a peal of, at least, six bells again (if possible) in time for Coronation Day. At Milford the funeral of Miss Alice Morgan took place on Saturday, the remains being interred in the churchyard of St. Catherine's. The Revs. B. Thomas, McKay, and Gibbon officiated. There was a very large attendance, representatives of all classes assembling to pay a tribute of respect to the deceased lady's memory. The late Miss Morgan was local secretary ot the British and Foreign Bible Society, and was a generous subscriber to local charities. An inquest was held at Llanelly on Friday touching the death of Richard Walters, of Tjissa Farm, who was found drowned in the channel below the Carmarthen- shire Dock on the previous Wednesday afternoon. Deceased spent Tuesday at the ploughing match, and later on was seen in the town. It is supposed that he fell into the river which empties into the dock. In his pocket was found a bottle of stout. -The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." Not long before her death Queen Viotoria purchased of Mr J. H Laugharne, of Haverfordwest, a portrait of herself which bad been let in to a beautifully-worked bevelled-edged mirror. Mr Laugharne is a olever worker in wood, carved and inlaid, and he Majesty was sufficiently well pleased with the work of art as to at once purchase it for herself when it was brought to her notice. The photograph, which was burnt into glass, was surrounded by an emblematical design of the British Empire, and the words God save the Quetin." At their last meeting the Newcastle-Emlyn Assess- ment Committee resolved that a new valuation list be made for the whole Union on the basis of the Income Tax, and subject to the following deductions: Farm buildings, 15 per cent. houies and cottages, 20 per cent mills and factories, 25 per cent. land only, 7a per cent. woodland, 7L per cent; quarries, not fixed. The rateable value of Gellidywyll Form, in the parish of Oenarth, was lowered from J693 to E65. At the Penygroes Board School on Saturday evening last week, Mr Tom Harries, Drefach, gave a most interesting and instructive three hours' lecture on "Gases met underground." All the gases (seven) found underground in collieries were prepared, and several striking experiments made with each gas to show its properties and its effects on the burning of a Davy's safety lamp. Mr Harries dealt with some very dangerous gases, but there was no mishap to mar the suocess of the instructive lecture A the recent meeting of the Kidwelly Reading-room, Mr E. A. Davies was elected president, and Alderman J. G. Anthony (miyor) vice-president. Mr H. E. Smart was re-elected treasurer. Mr D. O. Jones, who has been the capable hon. sec of the institution for the past 8 years, resigned, and Mr J. Morgan was elected in his place. Votes of thanks to Mrs Young, Glanmorfa, and Mr A. Stephens, Broomhill, for magazines, etc., to the resigning hon. sec. for his valuable services in the past, and to the Chairman, were passed. A well attended meeting of Agriculturists (Mr T. Rule Owen presiding) was held a few days ago at Haverford- west to consider the question of reviving the Pembrokeshire Farmers' Club, which became extinct six years ago, and to hold a show this coming season. Mr H. E. E. Philipps, Picton Castle, was elected president: Mr T. Rule Owen, vice-president; Mr J. Shattles, Metropolitan Bank, Haverfordwest, treasurer, and Mr Hugh Thomas, secretary. The Manchester Guardian gives details of a movement now on foot to erect a memorial to a distinguished Carmarthenshire man, the late Profeesor Tom Jones in the Owens College. More than L600 has already been promised. The exact form the memorial will take can only be settled when the full amount of the fund is known, but it has been suggested that an exhibition or prize would be a suitable means of commemorating Mr Jones's work, so prematurely cut short. Among the passengers by the Irish express which met with an accident at Norton Bridge, near Stafford, on the 8th of December, 1899, was Mrs Lionel Brooke, the daughter of Colonel Goodeve, Ivy Tower, near Tenby, and wife of Colonel Brooke, of the Connaught Rangers. Mrs Brooke entered into action against the company, and they have settled it out of court by agree- ing to pay L3,312 damages and costs. The terms have been accepted. Tuesday's Gazette has the following local com- missions Militia Royal Garrison Artillery. The Cardigan Artillery (Western Division). R; chard James Keith Potter, gentleman, to be second-lieutenant; dated 31st ult. Submarine Miners. Milford Haven Division,—Gerald Richard Frederick Fitzgerald, gentleman, to be seoond lieutenant; dated 23rd ult. Tuesday's Gazette contains, further, the following local commission: Militia Royal Garrison Artillery. The Cardigan Artillery (Western Division) — Second Lieutenant J. R. Lewis resigns his commission; dated 27th February. On Friday the remains of the late Rev. L. S. Stradling, rector of Herbrandston, Milford Haven, aged, 64 were interred at Marloes Churchyard. Deceased was a noted Mason and had been Provincial Grand Master of West Wales and Grand Chaplain of England for many years. A Somersetshire man by birth, Mr Stradling was yet of Welsh descent, represent- ing Stradling (formerly L'Esterling) family, whom was given at the Conquest, the lands and Castle of St. Donat'a Glamorganshire. Mr Stradling came to Pembrokeshire thirty years ago, when be was offered the living of Marloes.

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RAILWAY TIME TABLE.-MAim. o — — — — — DUiiuttj  p.n  .?p.m. p.m ',p6 .m  ? )1 dep a m  ?    P-  DOWN. dep.ip.m/ a.m. a.m. ,p.m. a.m.,p.m. p.m. dep* a*'™ *a,m''lo'So l a™ ^o P'in | ^I40 P630 P 1BoO'1ffO¡P "'å Paddmgton 9 15 05 30 & 4*0 ? pm & In P-M P-In. a.m. P.M. P.M I p6.m10 15 11 61 ( ? N euw p kilfo rd §5  /8 5,1040 g:. 1 0 4 40 630 SSSJS? "??= fn'- IS 9 29 «fl = .fta.m#.ip'mI .jp.m i,pS.mS. ipS.mS = 'far.01* d :i- = 8 0' /10 Ia5 /12 55 30 25 04 rr. lU 37:3 35 124 1 5 5 654 1051 1 6 54 I1J2 i1o9 51- r? 142 5 15 18 3o 1 5 = ? r2)'5), i Haverfordwest §5 17 r 8 j 28j i41 f6 tii'fg i^JS »-» 76 4 Bristol 1 S. 6 0 8 ?'8 9 4") 12 3 12 6 371 9 57 2 2 5 15 Clynderwen 85? 3? 11 30 » £ -148 5 32 716 ?? ? ?  4 7550730 1126 7 44 Dew.. dep.,p.m.?. ?.. a-2 0 35! 2i 268 5- ? ? 33816581 .1026 9301 á 50¡Whitland 9 141 III 52 2 5/ 4 7 550 730 "?? 8- 73?0 ff 230- 125 6 fi | 338658? 1026330- 560WMtlMd ? J 40 1 ? 926! ?3? 5? j 2 18 4 19 6 5 744 11 38 — 7 1*0  .1 3 3? 5n9???!? s 4 11 7 28, :11 1 3 8 6 411 St Clears 8 40 9 26/1 12 5 0 2 18 4 19 I.i 5 744 I" 4 Neath 3 41 6 5 8 3 9 16111 39 1 15 3 23 5 0 8 2 8 23 11 34 3 4110 50 7 88; Sarnau « » » d4l ( 2Q 61 11 45 Swansea 3 45 7 25 8 10 9 801ln I I 3BU 3 45 4 56 6 5 8 1 5! 8 n 40 3 4511 '0" Carma" -■ |9 J,O" I" 2 55 5 0 50 "5 3 45 7 25 8 10 9 30 11 — 7 0 8 20 9 30 U 20 12 6 fi 10 ,45 242441632 3 11 58 5 6 8 3 Llanelly .1 4 27 8  8 44'10 1812 32? 2 10 rJJ  25 5 361 5 55 8 4619 30 12c18 4 2 11 49  Carmarthen June. 6 2 8 95 9 50 12 30 2 42 4 41 6 32 3 11 58 5 5 8 3 Swansea i 4 3 7 32 8 21 9 40 12 0 3 44> 3 55 5 6 5 22 8 25 8 5811 5o 4 3*1 19! 7 55 Carmarthen nr!| "lag Tff mvv* g5»1IS r»2 sLanda ore E «•,«  12 te 7 23 8 48 11 42 1 1 1 57 3 6 5 3 6 õ 527 3 3 431 i 6 — 5 7 8 25 3 9 8 311 6 110 1 5435 59 1 1 1 420 5 i t.*iisSI|SIIS » sr- S8 & USSS. I 18= 881: 'i 1; 111! 4 53 6 4 6 2Ei 10 0 12 H Pembrey 7 82 8 69 10 20 »» » s: I Carmarthen ar! s 15! 8 40 9 3511 O? 1 35 3 5 15 O. 6 14 6 50 6 50 10 20J I ??LL laneuy dep -50 ° 11»L » «» m, 2 1 20 2 (J 3 28 6 22 7 20 b36 1 41 5 41:1 8 36 Carmarthen 4 45: 9 011 5! 1 5 3 15 4 25 6 10 6 10 I andore ar: 56 5,5 8 30 9 45 § 10 58 12 38 1 33 1 45 2 33 4 2 5 53 7 52 9 2' 1 14 6 21 9  Carmarthen June. 5 1| 9 1911 llj 1 18 3 25 4401 6 O 6 4519+14 12.46 5 2 12 30 1 9 |S— ar. 15 12 45 1 55 240 420 j 6 J 810 915 1 5 635 915 24 1 46 6 60 9 24 Sarnau 9 3}ill 271 1 33 I a a5! 6 i¡O 6 51:! _19 20 Neath 7 13 8 51!lo lC ciS 11 191 2 158 2 59 4276121    24 Barnau I 9 3iill 271 1 33 3 35 Lin IS. w 8 30|ll 4s|iP Whitland 5 20! 9 3911 36i 1 42 3 45 456 6 40 7 St. Clears ar. 5 30" 9 4911 48? 1 54 3 55 0 7 7 20 r 30 9 36? Cardiff ar. B '1 952'11 41 E 12 25 2 17 230 4 0 151141 108û 328 1030 Clynderwen 5 50 10 61 2 10 5 a a5 6 50 9 80 New 0rt ar. 8 3410 16/12 10 n' 12 52 2 45 3 15 4 23 6 29 8 C 10 10 1057 4] 10 57 Haverfordwesll 6 10! !10 28¡ 230 ¡ f¡ 46 7 õ8 9t56 11 c99 610 10 111 Brfatol o.r.l0 10 11 21 1 a5 3 2 4 30 5 50 7 5219 45 _112 (¡ 5 55 12 Milford. ar. 6    3 5 8 30 I Gloucester Dr. 9  3 7 1 2 18 5 37 7 55 12}() 6 1)5 12 1 New Milford ar. 6 40 .10 55 J a 0 6 15 8 25 IOt15 1 1 cOO 6 '° 10 ?Paddington ar 12 $8 1 15136 5 40 40 B 3011 45 a ac 9 55 1 1 3 30 Now Milford ar: 6 6 440 51z iio 55 1 3 0 66115 51 8 25110+15 1,50 ?to ilo35 Mondays only Not on Monday mornings. t On Tuesdays, ThuredayB Saturdays only I MODdayS ouly

I CBYMMYCH ARMS, NEWPORT (Pern.), CARDIGAN Carmarthen 4 4.5 9 0 1 5 4 25> Whitland 5 50 10 15 2 15 6 15 Llanfallteg 6 0 10 25 2 35 6 25 Login 6 9 10 34 2 34 6 34 Llanglydwen 6 17 10 42 2 42 6 42 Rhydowen 6 2210 50 2 47 6 47 Llanfyrnach 6 3010 58 2 55, 6 55 Glogue 6 3511 3 3 0; 7 0 Crymmych Arms 6 47 11 15 3 12 7 12 Newport, Coach ar. Boncath 6 59'll 28 3 24 7 24 Kligerran 7 1111 40 3 35 7 35 Cardigan ar. 7 2011 50 3 46 [ 7 45i Up. depart a.m. a.m.ino'n p. m .1 p.m. Cardigan 7 30 9 40 4 0 5 35 Kilgerran 7 40 9 50 4 10 5 45 Boncath 7 52 10 2 4 22 5 51 Newport, Coach II Crymmych Arms 8 5 10 15 4 351 6 10 Glogue 8 14 10 24 '4 44 6 19 Llanfyrnach 8 19 10 31 4 51; 6 26 Rhydowen 8 2710 39 4 59 6 34 Llanglydwen 8 32 10 44 5 4 6 40 Login 8 4010 52 5 12 6 51 Llanfallteg 8 48 11 0 5 20! 6 59 Whitland ar. 8 5511 10 5 301 7 10 Carmarthen ar.10 5 12 45 6 50 8 15 Down. dep., a.m. a. m a.m. a.m. p -m., p .m. p.m.« Sunday Carmarthen 4 45 19 011 5 1 5 4 25 6 10 p.mf p.m Whitland 5 55 10 10 11 50 2 10 5 15 7 40 Narberth 6 5 10 20 12 2 2 22! 5 28 7 50 Kilgetty 6 22 10 34 12 16 2 36 5 41 8 4 Saundersfoot 6 24 10 36 12 19 2 39 5 44 8 7 Tenby ar. 6 35 !l0 45 12 30 2 50 6 0 8 20 Tenby 6 40 9 15 10 50 12 3 5 2 55 6 4 8 24 Penally 6 45 9 18 10 57il2 40 3 0 6 1 8 27 Manorbier 6 52 9 28 11 4il2 47 3 7 6 15 8 35 Lamphey 6 59 9 37 11 11:12 57 3 17 6 24 8 42 Pembroke 7 3 9 41 11 15; 1 1 3 20 6 28 8 46 Pembroke-Dk: 7 10 9 55 11 20i 1 10 3 30 6 35 8 55 Up. dep. a.m. a.m., a.m. p.m. p.m.,p.m. p.mTpTm Pembroke-Dk 7 45 10 20 12 30,2 50 4 201 6 0; Pembroke 7 49 10 25 12 35 2 55, 4 25 6 5 Lamphey 7 54 10 30 12 401 3 0 4 30 6 10 Manorbier 8 2 10 38 12 48| 3 8! 4 38' 6 18 Penally 8 9 10 45|12 56 3 15 4 45 6 25 Tenby ar.l 8 15 10 50 1 0 3 20 4 5t! 6 30 Tenbv 8 20 10 55 1 5 3 25 4 55 6 35. Saunaersloot 8 30 11 6 1 15 3 35; 5 7 6 45! Kilgetty 8 35 11 ll1 1 20 3 401 5 12! 6 50 Narberth 8 48 11 24 1 33 3 53 5 25 7 3; Whitland ar. 9 0 11 35| 1 45 4 4 5 40; 7 15, Carmarthen,, 10 5 12 45v 2 55 5 0 6 50[ 8 151 DowN. depart a.m., a.m. p.m. p.m. I Carmarthen .445? 9 0 1 5 4 25, Whitland 5 50 10 15 2 15 6 151 Llanf&Uteg 6 ? 10 25 2 25 6  Login 6 9 10 34 2 34 6 34 Llanglydwen 6 1710 42 2 42 6 42 Rhydowen .J 6 3210 50 2 47 6 47 Llanfyrnach .j 6 3010 58 255 6 55 Glogne  Crymmych Arms 6    Newport, Coach ar. Beneath 6 59111 28 3 24 ?   Kligerran.) 7 1111 40, 3 35 7 35 Cardigan ar. 7 2011 50 3 4& 7 45! U  a.m. a.m. no'n p:-Ul.iíî Cardigan .J 7 30 9 40' 4 6 5 35 KUgerran 7 40 9 50' 410545 Boncath 7  Newport, Coach Crymmych Arms .1 8 510 15 4 35 & 10 GIogue  4 44; 6 19 Llanfyrnach. 8 19 10 31  Rhydowen 8 2710 39 !4S9634 Llanglydwen.832M44 5 4 6 4Q Login no  S13651 Llanfallteg !8  Whitland ar.!8551110 ? 5 30 1 7 10 Carmarthen ar.II0 5 12 45 ,6 50 8 15 NARBERTH, TENBY, PEMBROKE. DOWN. dep., a.m. a.m., a.m. a.m.  Sunday Carmarthen.? 4 451 i9 Oll 5 1 3 4 25 61 p.m p.m Whitland 5 551 10 10 11 50  Narberth .1 6 5 10 2012 2 2 23' 5 28 7 50 Kilgetty .1 6 32 10 34 13 L 6 2 36! 5 41 8 4 8aundersfoot634 10 3612 192 395 448 7 Tenby ar. 6 35 ?le 4512 332  0 8 20 Tenby .? 6 40 9 15 10 50 M 35 3  6 4 8 34 Penally 6 45 9 18 10  40 3 0 6 7' 8 27 Manorbier  6 52 9 2811 4 13 47 3 7 ?6  8 35 Lamphey 6 59 9 37 11 il? 12 57 3 17 6 248 42 1 Pembroke 7  41 11 1.5 ? 1 1 3 20, 6 28 8 46 Pembroke-Dk 7 10 9 55 11 201 1 10 3 30i 6 35 8 55 Up. dep.?a.m. a.m., a.m. p.m. p.m.,p.m?p.m7p7m p?n Pembroke-Di 7 45 10 20 12 30? 2 50 4 20 6 0, Pembroke  7 49 10 25)2 35? 2 55, 4 25 6 5 Lamphey 7 54 10 3012 40! 304 30? 6 10 Manorbier 8 2 10 38 12 48! 381438? 6 18 Penally 8 9 10 45?13 56 3 '5 4 45 6 25 Tenby ar. 8 15 10 50 1 01 1 32045C 630   8 20 10 551 1  6 35 Baundersfoot 8 30 1)  1  Tenb ?ersfo 0*? 8 8 3350 111 1 11 6i 1 2105 3 40, 5 12 6 50  33 3 53 5 35 7 3 Narberth 8 4811 241 .1 331 3 53  25'  3? Whitland ar: 9 0 11 351 1 451 4 4 5   Carmarthen,,110 5 13 45? 3 55 5 o? 650 815

OARMARTHEN, OARDIGAN, ABERYSTWYTR Carmarthen 5 50 8 46 1 40; 4 10 5 20 6 55 Bronwydd Arms 5 59 8 55 il 49 4 19 5 30, 4 Conwil 6 8 9 4 1 58 4 28 5 39, 7 13 Llanpumpsaint 6 17 9 14 2 6 4 37 5 50 7 21 Pencader 6 40 9 35 2 30i 4 55 6 lOj 7 40 Llandyssul 6 48 9 43 2 38; 5 5 6 19 7 Henllan 6 59 9 51 ,2 49 6 39i Newcastle-Bmlynarl I 5 10 0; 2 55! 6 35 Newcastle-Emlyn, >, .2? Coach 7 15 i3 5 a g Cenarth.do.j 7 45 3 35 ° m Llechryd, d o 8 20 4 10 £ & Cardigan, do. ar 9 0 4 50 « "3 Pencader J 6 50 9 40 2 35 U 6 15 8 Lampeter 7 35 10 22 3 11 5 7 2 "3 Tregaron 9tl0 10 48| 3 33 ,2 7 31 00 Aberystwyth arl0+1511 50' 14 29 8 37 Up. depart a.m. a.m. a.m p.m. p.m.I 3 0 Aberystwyth 8 40 Tregaron 9 41, 3 55 Lampeter 7 55 10 20' 4 23 Pencader ar. 8 30 11 0. 5 0 Cardigan, Coach 8 35' 2 45 Llechryd, d o 9 15 3 26 Cenarth.do. 9 50; 4 0 Newcastle-Emlyn do. ar. 10 20 4 30 Newcastle-Emlyn 8 15 10 35 1 5; 4 50 H e n l l a n. 8 21 10 43 1 ll! 4 56 Llandyssul 8 30J10 56 1 20 5 5 Pencader 8 44 11 15 1 34 5 20 Llanpumpsaint.8 57111 29 1 47 5 33! Conwil 9 5I11 38 1 56 5 41l Bronwydd Arms 9 14|11 47! 2 8 5 501 Carmarthen ar 9 25J12 Oj 2 20 6 5[ LLANDILO, SHREWSBURY, LIVERPOOL, Carmarthen 3 50 8 46 1 40? 4 10 5 20 655 BronN!ydd Arms 5 59 8 55 11 49 4 19 5 30, 1 4 Carmarthen —i 6 45 10 20 12 58 3 0 6 39 13 Llanpumpsaint 6 179 14 6 437 5 50 21 Pencader ••• 6 5710 32; 1 30 4 55 6 10) 740 LlandY8snl 6 48 9 43, ?2 38 5 5 6 19??T Henllan 6 599 51 12 49' 6 29? 36 Newcastle-Emlyn ar l 7 510 0 2 55i 6 35' Coach sl ?3 5? 0 Cenarth,do 7 45 3 45| j 0 I 5 40 a. Llandyaani S 30,10 56 1 20' 5 S Llechryd, a?o. 8 20 ?4 10 Cardigan, do. 9 0 4 60 a g Pencader 6 50 9 40 !3 3S '.g 5 -S Lampeter 7 3510 22? 3 11 ? 7 21 Craven Arms ar. 10 25 1 20 4 2 6 5 7 31 9 53 Aberystwyth ar'10fl5lll 50? 13 4 291 8 37 9265 Newcastle-Emlyn, ar.l 7 20 10 55; 1 25 3 34, 5 5, 7 33 Up. (Lime-street) „ 2 0 4 50, 7 25, 9 20: — 113 40 Aberystwyth 8 40 — I 3 gp Tregaron 9 41 1 3 55 Lampeter 7 5510 201 4 23 30 Peneader ar. 83011 0 5 0 Cardigan, Coach Road). 12 0 3 — | 8 a 4S 0 Llechryd, do. ?19 0 9 5105 3 26 49 Neweastle-E 20 /4 30 Newcastle-EnTyln 8 15 10 35 1 5, 4 50 Henllan 8 21:10 43 111; 4 56 Builth Road ar J 8 49 12 6 15 S Pencader 44 11 15 1 34 5 8 39 Llanpuinpsaint 8 9 4011 1 47 5 33' 45 Knighton 91101048? 333 ? 731 °" Conwil 9 557i1 l'1 l M ? 156 5 41? 52 Bronwydd Arms 9 14111 41 3 F8 5 48 8 58 Carmarthen ar 9 25J12 Oi 2 20 6 5 6 T Mondays only. 15: 9 10, — Craven Arms .j 4 15 8 011 25 2 43 6 15 Llandrindod Wells 5 21 0 o 9 1612 42 3 45 7 5 Builth Road 5 33; •« 9 29 12 57 4 0 7 25 Llanwrtyd Wells 5 55; 9 56 1 24 4 30 7 44 Llandovery 6*25' 8 45 10 35 1 55 4 58 8 8 Llanwrda 6*30 8 54 10 44: 2 4, s 8 14 Llangadock s» 8 5910 49; 2 9 5 7 8 19 Carmarthen ar.l 8 30 10 5 11 55 4 10 6 0 9 1 Nantgaredig 6 5710 32: 1 3 3 13 4 36, T 12 Llanarthney  7 210 37 1 7?31;443ITIB GoSen Grove 7 1110 46 1 161 3 26 4 54 T 26 Llandilo Bridge 7 17 10 52 1 22'? 3 32 5  33 LiMdilo.  2010 55 1 25? 3 34' 527T 3302 Talley Road s  5 27) L?ngadock 747,11l-)il I 45?, 5 40? Llanwrda 7 51 H 19; 1491 5 45 s. Llanaovery ar.1 7 57 11 25 155,1 4*10,  6 Llanwrtyd Wells 82611 50 2  4 34 1 5 55 8 6 Builth Road M.! 8 49 12 12, 2 48 4 52 7 2251 a 83ig1 Llandrindod Walls 19 71226 3 41 5 8 743 9 a Knighton 9 55 1 0 3  5 0 8 35 9 34 Craven Arms ar. 10 25 1 20 4 2 6 5 8  9 53 Shrewsbury  13 2 5, 4 30? 7 0, 9  96 Manchester (London Road)  2 0  7 15 9 10 1 25 LiverpooKLime-atreet) „ 2 01 4 50' 7 2,5? 9 20,  40 London (Euston-square) „ 4 15 7 35? 8 45 3 50 DOWN, depart p.m.   a.m. a.m p.m. MAKOHESTER, LONOON DowN. depart p.m. a.m. a.m. 5 1510 15 1 80 London (Euston-øquare) 10 0 ? 5 1510 15 1 30 Up depart a.m. ;a.m. p.m. 'p.m. p.m. n.m Liverpool (Lime-street) 11 55 ? 8 1513 0 a?<0 Carmarthen 6 4,)10 2012 50? 3 0 4 20 1 a Manchester (London Road) "12 0 ? 83511 50 3 0 Abergwili 6 5C 10 25,12 55? 3 5? 4 27, T 5 Shrewsbury 330 g' 6501045 285 42 Craven Arms 4 15 ? 8 011 25 2 43 6 15 Knighton .? 4 39 ? 6 3811 54 3 4 Llandrindod Wells  5 21 0 rs.  42 3 45 7 S BuHth Road 5 33 2912 57 4 0 7 3S HanwrtydWelta 5 55' 9 56 1 24 4 30 7 44 Llandovery .i 6*25, 8 45 10 35 1 55 4 58 8 8 Llanwrda .J 6*30 8 5410 44 2 4 s 8 M Hangadock .1 s- 8 5910 49? 2 9 5 7 8 19 Talley Road s 9 9,10  Llandilo 7 40 99 30,11 00 1 3 35 5. ?51 8 .3..5 Llandilo Bridge ar. 7 44 9 3411 24 3 39 5 29 8 39 Golden Grove ar. 7 53 9 4011 30 3 45 5 35 8 45 Llanarthney ar. 8 3 9 47¡11 37? 3 52 5 4? 8 53 Nantgaredig ar. 8 13 9 53,11 43, 3 P8 5 48 858 Abergwili ar:1 8 22 10 111 51 ?4 6 5 56 9 6 Carmarthen ar.! 8 30 10 5 11 55 4 10 6 0 9 1 I LLANDILO, SHREWSBURY, LIVERPOOL, Later on Saturday, leaving LlaudoverY 7.0 a.m., Llan wrda 7.12. Llangmdock 7.\10. Jar In the compilation of the above tables great care has been taken, but we are not responsible for any errors which may appear ID the arrivals and depanures of the IieY. trains.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. I THE Carmarthenshire FOXHOUNDS will meet on Monday, the 4th inst., at Blaenwaun, and on Thursday, the 7th inst., at Penybank, Llansaint; each day at 11.30. THE Pembrokeshire HOUNDS will meet on Monday, the 4th inst., at Trooper's Inn, and on Thursday, the 7th inst., at Solva; each day at 11.30. THE Tivysxde FOXHOUNDS will meet on Monday, the 4th inst., at Llangenllo Gorse, and on Thursday, the 7th inst., at Rhydowen; each day at 10.45. MR. SEYMOUR Allen's Hounds will meet on Tuesday, the 5th inst., at Coedcanlas, and on Saturday, the 9th inst., at Rhydwen; each day at 11.30. MR. LLOYD PRICE'S HARRIERS will meet on Monday, the 4th inst., at Stag and Pheasant, and on Thursday, the 7th inst., at Mynyddcynrhos each day at 10.30. THE Dolwtlym BEAGLES will meet on Tuesday, the 5th inst., at Login, and on Saturday, the 9th inst., at Lan, Llanglydwen; each day at 11.

i RHWNB BRYNIAU BWALlA I ('Mid Cambrian Hills). I [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK]. The Present joined the Past. Another morn26 New scenes provided. All about me piled The huge sum-total of a Summer-day Of happiness: each stamen played its part- Each stony mountain and the spacious whole Seemed perfect-wrought. How wondrous Nature is! The power to thrill, delight, and raise to Heaven, Resides in all her efforts: he who knows Nought of a petal, stamen, calyx, bract, Of sandstone, mica, syenite, and tuff, Of glacial epoch, laws of storm and rain And flashings of the cloud, takes yet the whole Combined and general effort at a glance, And calls it "Nature" —curt, convenient, Expressing large delights. No pleasant past Falls in the wake of years, no hopeful time Ticks in the future, if the eye be blind To Nature and her lessons the dull soul Half-animates the clown, who landmarks all By gulps and meals; the narrow-bounded life Is but the present moment. In the wet And grassy-bordered trench the mimulus threw Gold on the winds the yellow iris saw His double in the stream; th' auriferous hills Played well the miser, save for the small theft And pillage of the pits the ivied shell Of famed historic Faner27 loomed beyond His honied limes; a buxom sycamore Spotted his turf with shade; and baffled lights Danced low on arch and pillar-these I saw Before Llanelltyd, with its ancient yews And druped orchards. Past the village-cots The leafy columns of rose Along the road a backward glance revealed A darkly-foliaged country, broadening out Where Mawddach weds with Wnion; all the sky Put on auspicious blue, and banks were gay With diverse flowers, for marriages are sweet When rivers mingle. Through the interspace Of the near boughs The Cadair ranged his cliffs And monstrous crags, as though they rose from out The thick of leaves, annihilating all The sweep of distance in the valley shone Long mirrors of the Mawddach and the air, Hayful and sweet, dropped all about the path Burdens of meadow-balm. I, going north, Bryncemlyn saw, amid the crowded spires And fountains of the larch a terrace-walk Displayed the rhododendron—alien hues Glanced on the headlong slope: the varied vale Looked dull with brownest rock, or broke in smiles And dimples of the green, whene'er the sun Smote on the tender fern. At Ty'n-y-groes A welcome waited, and the delicious pink Of Mawddach salmon-plea enough for rest And well-assumed fatigue; and later on Dol-melin-y-llyn showed his ivies: spruce And plumes of Summer-beech gave to the vale A park-similitude; above the leaves Great Craig-y-cau29 eclipsed the lower sky, And with the voice of roaring Rhaiadi-I" told Somewhat of Nature's marvels nor did he Reject a proffer of sweet fragrance made By beauteous Woodbine, clinging 'round his foot With outstretched posies, where the valley spread Rich napery of grass and buttercup, Red clover and white ox-eye, meadow-sweet, And the dear speedwell. As I walked, a gorge Conveyed the river Eden to the eye, With new delights of rock and leaf and foam And lurking pools; and presently I saw A rural marriage, where the Eden made One with the Mawddach: they for witness took Myself, and divers crows that from the larch Cawed clamorously. Marriages, we are told, Are made in Heaven; and surely it is true Of this wild river-union all about A paradise is poured of colour, form, And glad mutation, justifying thus The name of Eden. Farther yet, I fell Full-butt on sordid Commerce, trampling down The natural fernery, marring all the mould Of mavis-bowers, and with unseemly clay Saddening the river-sparkle. Stored in huts, Lay the black seeds of death31; and Evil stalked Through the demesne of Good, but left reserved Pistyll-y-Caen amongst his birch and ash To please the people with prodigious foam And dark mysterious depth-a sight to fill Even an empty mind; but angry I With ruthless Spoliation set my face Dolgellau-ward; and all the night was lulled By the dim sound of pebbles in the wave Of shallow Wnion. On another day32 Caer-yn-wch Arms I saw and with sure foot Descended through the Pass of Tal-y-llyn— A various vale, that showed a breezy pool33 (The mirror of the rocks), a woodbine-wreath, Or red rose cluster, 'neath the awful form Of scorched crags (sublimest architrave14 Of a stupendous front). The lustrous face Of Mwyngil35 claimed the distance; on her left Six far and overlapping heights36 pushed forth To view The Cadair ripe savannahs spread Their sultry levels various points let fall The sheer lake-seeking foam; and later on The light keel gurgled through the cool expanse Of the lone mere, reflecting various tints- The dusk of shade, the azure of the heaven, And the grass-green of meadows. Hero I paused And worshipped the Craig Goch37; and late at night In Ty'n-y-cornel's bed I passed a time Of visionary pools, and saw the rose, Intangible, 'round a rock that knew no base. A Summer-day the very words expand The consciousness of being As a bridge Dilates the most when most the sky is fierce With crowded heat, so doth some common joy (Fair health to wit), that hardly is a joy

36 The 14th of July. 39 About 1,372ft.— equivalent to the height of the summit of Cadair Idris above the E. edge of Llyn-y- cau. 40 This pool-Llyn-y-cau-is said to be bottomless. Its bed is the result of glacial action. 41 The Welsh char. 42 I must have been looking sheer downward to a depth of about a thousand feet. the height of the crags on the S.W. side of Llyn-y-cau being about 1,062ft. above the E. edge of that lake. 43 The summit of Cadair Idris is 2,927ft. above the mean level of the sea at Liverpool. It is 2,657ft. above the level of Llyn Mwyngil, as ascertained on the 31st of August, 1888. 44 Myosotis alpestris, on the authority of the Rev. W. S. Symonds in Records of the Rocks. 45 This description of the ascent and descent is hardly exaggerated. 46 The 15th of July. The London Celt of February 16th, contains a photograph of the fountain in Lammas-street, and also some particulars of its donor, Mr Timothy Davies, and the architect, Mr T..Jay Evans, Fulham, who is a Dyffryn Teifi boy. I I

When black skies drop December, seem to reach The very port and entrance of high Heaven, And down the duct the light-winged angels pass Disguised as worthy thoughts these Summer-suns Disperse the dross that muddies many a mind When paths likewise are miry. Such a day38 Of dessicating airs consumed the wave Of limpid Mwyngil-drank, but hardly broke The fury of his thirst; and Pentref's stream, Loud-lilting lakeward, pleased me with excuse For momentary rest to view the farm And fringes of the wood, for sloth is sweet On Summer-days, but sweeter still it be If wedded unto reason then I strained Full at the slope, and panted like a sleuth. Sol's million-arrowed aim the mountain smote With torrid zeal; the rock-reverberance Burned in my front; and iEolus swooned and lay Silent along the cwm. Above me rose Th' exceeding hill, whose crest-a type of God- Remained unseen, yet present well I knew. Slowly I strode: the lake as slowly fell Into a hollower pit: the stern Craig Ddu (Like to a purpose never yet attained) Spurned the low level of my lagging foot, And darkened o'er the chasm, traced with leaves And blanched with falling foam. At length I came 'Round a slope-shoulder iEolus, running, poured The temperate zone about me: winds of Wales Dispersed the tropics battling with the brusk And bare obtrusive stones, at length I saw The Craig Ddu lowered, and (like a purpose reached) No longer huge; but still above me ran The walls of high Pen-Coed. To northern-east Some six far ridges mutually concealed The various base but the long-reaching crests Passed one behind the other, underneath A half-obscuring haze. At length I neared The flank of those high walls, and gladly saw The Cadair far above, as Craig Ddu once Had touched the self-same sky. 0 God the sight! Some fourteen hundred feet39 of leafless crag (Bare as the singed declivities of the Moon, Where soft protective vapours never veil The hot unmerciful ray) hurled a huge cliff Sheer downward to a pool: the plumy swan Sailed not the flood: no swarded orchard saw Its round reflected apples but a face, Dark, moveless, and severe, concealed the plunge Of unknown fathoms40, simulating thus Mere shallowness—the pool indeed might be And ink-pot of the gods (mayhap of him We know as Idris); but its cheerless wave Will show at times the sudden-flashing scales Of transient torgoch41. Rather to the left Rose Craig-y-cau in steeps of awful stone, His thousand feet—th' incomparable thousand-stood Erect and horrent, menacing the mere With stony avalanche that would disjoint A world, and drench The Cadair with a pool Splashed from the pit in high up-streaining spouts Of sudden geyser. All truncated thus, The stern Pen-Coed fell lakeward, but reserved A stone-encumbered way, by which I gained The rear of rocks and one contracted chasm Split the tall Craig from point to pied, nor turned, Nor paused on jut and ledge, but downward plunged Between the walls divorced; and at the base Gloomed the dark level of the deathy pool.42 Thrilled with the fearsome sight, I set my strength Full at the work undone, and gained at last The stony clattering summit": here I found The modern Saxons, whom the various bun, And milk at fourpence, pleasantly regaled. What could they more ? So thick the ambient haze, We took the view on trust: the Wicklow Hills Were seen by faith: a garrulous mountain-guide, Up from Dolgellau, threw didactic arms To right and left, to north, south, west, and east, From very press of custom. Soon I sped Homeward alone (and I had climbed alone The slow ascent) my sure victorious foot Passed down the slope and, all about the pool, The basin-walls took on a pallid tint When the strong haze grew weak-to me they seemed Like sallow faces of the dead, dim-veiled By trist uncertain twilight; on them grows The large forget-me-not" of lofty hills, But thinly strewn, as if some costly drops, Dissolved from out the gracious blue of heaven, Had fallen on the crags. Soon, then, I walked Triumphant on the turf of old Pen-Coed, Divorced from Cadair by a narrow vale, Sub-alpine and severe; the frightful land, Draped in a black alarming haze, rehearsed The Judgment gloom, for gloom rolled deep on gloom, And shade threw shade un shadow (so I thought); But ever and anon a clearer brow Stood up and caught a half-light gray with sweep Of faded Summer-herb, then drew around A mantle dipped in dusk. The homeward path Forsook the morning-scenes; the long long slants Of downward mountain tired; at length I glimpsed New horror in my front: a fugitive orb, Loosed from his wonted circles, lent the haze A deeper black, and yet, methought, there grew A certain shape (not always is the gloom iObscurity); the Earth-approaching sphere Now showed his watercourses, dry and steep, And stony, bare, unprofitable signs of field, And forest, cottage, garden, saw I not; Yet thought I, 'twixt my fears, some ancient day Had seen fair fruitage, heard the merry mouths Of sportive beings, when those brooks were full45. The crash forebore: the twain approaching worlds Confronted: and my downward course revealed No planetary shape, but the majestic sweep Of the Craig Goch, beyond the stormless stretch Of Mwyngil's lake the upward curvature Of the vast bank loomed graceful-grand; at length, Fast-dropping to the mere, I underwalked The fronded shades of Oakland; soon my feet Fell on the highway; and an old moraine (A relic of the years when all the scene Slid the great glacier, cracked the blue crevasse, And out-Swissed Switzerland) withheld the mere From copious drains and ever-dwindling verge. Now laughed the lake a thousand ripples sent Reflected mirth within the shadowy copse. Then 'round the point, and lo! before me stood The white aud welcome hostel, with a hint Of marvellous meals, whose masterpiece was trout. The morrow's morningt6 gave me other scenes, I journeying on to Corris and the town Known as Machynlleth. Like a maid half-loved (Or not beloved at all) the hostel passed From sight and from the mind; the Gwgan slipped Between his stones, loud-calling to the lake, And hailed me as I went; The Cadair rose Rearward in awful steeps, and, as I climbed The rash acclivity to the upper town Of slaty Corris, seemed to build new bulks Of topmost bartizan the Dulas showed A tortuous beauty, save when, here and there, A man-made blemish darkened on my joy, And warted Nature chaste pure pinks of rose, Thrown on the dado of an upland bulk, Blotched the pale-green, or, stirring with the wind, Moved o'er the mountain-acres; in the meads A keen and sparkling death awaited all The waving host of bloom; and, near Ffridd Gate, A little mill-brook showed a hundred points Of laughing light amidst the oaken tint Of a long grove-the sun, half-thwarted, made A dubious green twilight; and at length Machynlleth broke; and in her aisleless church Glowed the memorial glass that keeps the name Of Londonderry radiant. When the mail Stopped at Machynlleth in the evening-light, I broke away, and soon I saw the glen Of dark grove-garnished Twymyn, and the course Of the fair river, babbling by his ferns Towards the sunset in a vista calm And evening-tranquilled. 0 thou sunset-hour! What bright unspeakable glories gather 'round Thy western seat, and to the hallowed mind Give hints of coming Heaven 'Tis in the eve- The cool down-dewing dusk—when angels come Beneficent and close, avoiding all Th' unsacred height of noon. The scalding steam Shrieked through Llanbrynmair and at length I saw The lamps and signals of a nearing town, By Gwalia owned, but yet whose pleasant name Is surely Norman, though her people prate In stronger Saxe. Th' invaders' castle crowned With history and ruin all the top Of a pale cliff, and seemed to me indeed A spectral fortalice, 'neath a moon that showed The naked truth of landscape, though her beams Hardly revealed the dusky piles of hay And the now colourless rose that on the breeze Poured gracious scents to tell me they were near. (To be concluded, in our next).