Transcribed from the 1853 Whittaker and Co. edition by David Price.
THE
TOURIST’S
GUIDE THROUGH NORTH WALES.
BY
G. J. BENNETT.
WITH ETCHINGS, BY A. CLINT.
London:
WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE MARIA LANE.
G. PHILIP & SON, LIVERPOOL; J. MORGAN, OSWESTRY.
1853.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| 1 | Llangollen | facing Title Page. |
| 2 | Chirk Castle | [26] |
| 3 | Font in the Grounds of Plâs Newydd | [35] |
| 4 | Castell Dinas Brân | [39] |
| 5 | Valle Crucis Abbey | [40] |
| 6 | Pillar of Eliseg | [42] |
| 7 | Bala Lake | [50] |
| 8 | Cader Idris, from the Bala Road | [54] |
| 9 | Parliament House of Owen Glyndwr | [56] |
| 10 | View from Carreg y Saeth | [68] |
| 11 | Harlech Castle | [75] |
| 12 | The Vale of Maentwrog | [79] |
| 13 | The Raven Fall, near Maentwrog | [83] |
| 14 | Pont Aber Glaslyn | [88] |
| 15 | Snowdon, from the Pass of Llyn Gwynant | [92] |
| 16 | Pass of Llanberis | [96] |
| 17 | The Coffin of Leolinus Magnus | [114] |
| 18 | Conwy Castle | [119] |
PREFACE.
The Author’s object in offering to the Public the following pages is, that all who have a desire to examine the beauties of Welsh scenery may also have an opportunity of seeing the most interesting portion of it in a tour which will not occupy more than a month. The route described in this volume presents a variety of pictures which can scarcely be equalled, and certainly not surpassed, in any quarter of the globe. It is true there are hills higher far than any in Snowdonia, and valleys more extensive; but, while we are astonished at a description of the enormous magnitude of the Asiatic and American mountains, and the noble rivers, and sea-like lakes of the latter, let us take into our consideration which is the most desirable country to explore; that in which nature’s prodigies are so extensive that we can neither ascend the eminences, ford the rivers, nor view the opposite shores of the extensive lakes; or that where mountains may be scaled with ease, from the summits of which a series of glorious panoramas burst upon the eye,—wherein the valleys, glens, and wild ravines present an endless variety of sublimity and beauty, and the loud torrent and the waterfall pour forth their melody of never-tiring sweetness, to delight the ear?