who visited the mansion might at once partake of the good cheer. The mansion is approached through a beautiful avenue of lime-trees, a short distance up which, over a vale on the left, is a stone ten feet long, recumbent on others, called Arthur Moel, with impressions of Arthur's fingers, as he cast it from the top of Moelfre. The house possesses a fine gateway, built in 1630, from a design by Inigo Jones. There are several monuments of antiquity in the vicinity of Cors-yGedol, including some Druidical remains. On a ridge of rocks called Craig-y-Ddinas, there are Druidic relics scattered about the spot. After passing through Llanaber, (the church at the mouth of the river,) we enter

This fashionable watering-place (called by the Welsh Aber-Maw, the embouchure of the river Maw) is in the parish of Llanaber. It is pleasantly situated near the mouth of the river, which here discharges itself into St. George's Channel; and from the salubrity of the air, the accommodation for sea-bathing, and the cheapness of provisions, is much frequented during the summer season. Its proximity to the delightful Vale of the Mawddach is another leading attraction to tourists. The town has been said by some to resemble Gibraltar in its general appearance. Several of the houses are built in tiers, like seats in a theatre, one above the other, on the side of a rock. The parish church being a mile and a half from the town, a chapel of ease was opened here in 1830, and divine service is generally performed in English. A national school has recently been erected at the outskirts of the town, on the Harlech road, from a design by Mr. Jones, of Chester. There are also chapels in the place, occupied by the Wesleyan Methodists, Calvinists, and Independents.

The river Maw is navigable for vessels of twenty tons burthen, to within two miles of Dolgelley. The port is small, but convenient, having a pier for increasing the depth of water in the harbour, and facilitating the lading and unlading of cargoes. The vessels are confined to the coasting trade. Barmouth is the only port in Merioneth

shire, but its commerce is not extensive. Ship-building is carried on, but the chief manufactures are flannels and woollen stockings; of the former Mr. Pennant observed, sixty years ago, that £40,000 worth had been exported in one year, and £10,000 worth of stockings.

The town has greatly improved lately, so that ample accommodation can be given to visitors during the bathing season. There are several excellent shops, circulating libraries have been opened, and there are a billiard-room, a bowling-green, and baths.

Inns.-The Cors-y-Gedol Arms and the Commercial. There are many well-furnished and comfortable boarding-houses.

There is a mail daily to and from Caernarvon, which passes through Harlech, Tan-y-Bwlch, Tremadoc, and Beddgelert. The royal mail leaves every morning for Dolgelley, Bala, Llandrillo, Corwen, and Llangollen, arriving at Rhuabon in time for the mailtrain to London, Birmingham, Chester, Liverpool, &c. The royal mail returns from Rhuabon every morning, at a quarter before seven o'clock, by the same route, so that passengers leaving London by the mail-train at night will arrive at Rhuabon in time for the Barmouth mail, either through Shrewsbury or Chester.

In the neighbourhood there are some interesting Celtic antiquities. About four miles on the Harlech road is Egryn Abbey, and near it Pen-y-Dinas, a large fortified fort; half-a-mile hence are Carneddi Hengwm, or the Stone heaps of the old Defile, raised, it is said, as monuments of those who had fallen in battle. In the same district there are also vestiges of Druidic circles. There are several gentlemen's seats in the vicinity.

The distance from Barmouth to Dolgelley is ten miles, and the road throughout, which winds along the south of the Harlech group of mountains, presents a succession of most delightful views. Cader Idris stands boldly out in the scenery, and invests the landscape with surpassing grandeur. About eight miles from Barmouth is the village of LLANELLTYD, from the bridge below which the beautiful vale can be seen to great advantage. "It is immeasurably superior to any other vale in Wales. When viewed during a glowing sunset, which gives marvellous scenic effects to the crags of Cader Idris, or, under deep gloomy lights, when clouds begin to ominously gather on the uplands, it is worth a journey of some hundred miles." About

half-a-mile from Llanelltyd are the ruins of CYMMER ABBEY, founded in the year 1198, by Meredydd and his brother Grufydd, sons of Owen Gwynedd. Llywelyn the Great granted the abbey a charter in 1209. In 1231, the abbot raised three hundred marks to ransom it from Henry III., who had taken possession of it in his wars with Llywelyn ap Jorwerth, and would otherwise have burned it. The yearly revenue, in 1291, amounted to £11 14s. 11d. At its dissolution by Henry VIII., in 1536, its revenues were valued at £58 15s. 4d. From that date the site of the monastery and the abbey lands remained in the hands of the Crown during several successive reigns, not being granted away till the time of Elizabeth. By that Queen they were bestowed on Robert, Earl of Leicester, but it is uncertain how they have since descended. On a small eminence near the abbey, called Y Pentre, once stood Castell Cymmer, a fortress probably built of timber, like many of the Welsh castles of those early times. It was overthrown in some decided contention in the year 1113.

A fine old mansion, HENGWRT, once the residence of the celebrated antiquarian, Mr. Robert Vaughan, and now the property of Sir R. W. Vaughan, Bart., stands near the village of Llanelltyd, and deserves the notice of tourists. A vast number of Welsh manuscripts, illustrative of the history and antiquities of the Principality, are carefully preserved here.

Dolgelley (from Dol-y-Cil, Doll-y-Collenau, the hazel grove or meadow) is the principal town in the county of Merioneth, in which the assizes are held alternately with Bala. It is on the river Wnion, in a vale surrounded by lofty and wooded mountains. The river here is broad and shallow, and crossed by a handsome bridge of seven arches. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat limestone edifice, containing numerous monuments, many of them old. There