Snowdon*-the colossal rocks, which prop its grandeur and its strength, rose in bolder relief, and the very horrors of the abyss-its deepest caverned waters-the hollows and gorges of the lower hills -borrowed a lurid light, more distinct, but more appalling to the sight.

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The gradual twilight brought a succession of no less interesting changes of scenic beauty, and convinced me, that to see Snowdon we ought to remain upon its hills considerably longer than is usually done. I had noticed a succession of visiters who arrived, as if making a morning call, and, like shadows that come and go,' seemed quite as eager to depart. But there was a pedestrian from the lakes of Scotland of a different character, to whom I related my morning's progress, and he observed, with enthusiasm, that in no part of his tour had he found greater enjoyment than in his walks through Wales.†

The descent from Snowdon into the vale of Llanberis presents many picturesque views, but not so majestic or beautiful as those on the side of Capel Curig and Beddgelert. A great part of the way is barren and monotonous; but this contrast served to heighten our pleasure on reaching the delightful scenes which had presented themelves from different points upon the hills.

Within a mile of Llanberis I entered a deep glen, crowned with wild, wooded rocks, at the end of which the fierce cataract of Caunant Mawr bursts upon the view. Pouring its mountain-torrent

These natural bulwarks consist of five external masses of rock-the out-works of the interior region of hills and lakes. They are called Crib y Distill, and Crib Coch, between Llanberis and Capel Curig; the Lliwedd towards Nant Gwynant; Clawd Coch towards Beddgelert; and Lechog, a mountain which forms the south side of the Vale of Llanberis, near Dolbadern castle.

In his recent ascents from different points, the writer had the pleasure of meeting, on the summit of Snowdon, several enlightened foreigners. Two German travellers and a young Frenchman were among the parties; with strangers from Scotland, from Ireland, and various other quarters. All seemed to feel the peculiar kind of interest to which the Author alludes, and he acknowledges the pleasure he received from their society.

sixty feet down rude, jagged rocks into a terrific abyss, it rolls foaming over the broad embedded strata into the vale of Llanberis, swelling the waters of its romantic lakes: perpetually supplied by the mountain-streams of Cwm Brynog, it rushes through a chasm of the rocks. The roar of its precipitous fall-the flashing of its waters -and the strangely sequestered aspect of the spot in the very gorge of the glen, had something inconceivably wild and melancholy.

The gloomy wildness of the distant view,-the dark, stern aspect of the rocks above-the solitary tower of Dolbadern, in the pass of the vale,-the mists rising over the lakes and hollows in the still evening twilight, now offered a marked contrast to the vast and mingled splendours I had witnessed from the heights above, and presented images as strikingly novel as they were grand.

It was soon moonlight, and I beheld a prospect mirrored in the silvery waters softer and more serenely fair than is seen in the glare of day. Vaster from their dimness, on both sides rose the rocky hills on which the moon shed a passing radiance, while a flood of liquid light rested on the bosom of the murmuring waters at my feet. The sound of the cataracts pouring from lake to lake alone fell on the ear. But few objects now recalled ideas of the feudal war and ferocity which once steeped these peaceful valleys in blood; the cattle fed fearlessly by the water side, and two old horses, as if in derision of those chivalrous times, and the proud caparisoned steeds which flew to conquest or the chase, were quietly resting under the very walls of the once dreaded donjon tower of Dolbadern.

From the projecting eminence commanding the lake and pass, on which lie the mouldering ruins of Dolbadern tower, one of the few structures still left in the narrow passes of the hills,-I observed a skiff upon the water beneath, and, eager to enjoy a view of the castle and surrounding scenery from the lake, I hailed it, and joined two gentlemen who were fishing. They had, however, but indifferent sport; I afterwards heard that the neighbouring