tion of the Dwarf' vividly to my mind, and this man seemed to stand before me not a whit more amiable or engaging. But his leathern belt and keys betokened his official character; and, with the proviso that he should walk before me,-for, in the sea-faring phrase, I could not fancy the cut of his jib,'-he brandished the church-key with an air of exultation, as if in all the joyous foretaste of clutching a sexton's fee. But I had almost as well have spared my pains and my pocket; for the interior of this loftiest church of Snowdonia, as Mr. Pennant designates it, has nothing half so conspicuous as the names of some rich pew-proprietors, ten times repeated, with a large tablet commemorating their Christian generosity in apportioning the remaining space to the use of the poor. On the east side the window, consisting of three narrow slips, gives it an antique air, and there are a few curious vestiges of fret-work. An adjoining chapel is supported by two plain pillars and gothic arches; and we are informed by Rymer, that the church originally was founded by Llewellyn, to commemorate the preservation of his son, and as some atonement for slaying his preserver, (the faithful greyhound), from whose name and tomb, tradition assures us, the village received its name. How beautifully the entire incidents to which it refers, the noble picture of the chase, the contrast of feelings, the uncontrollable rage of the father against his faithful dog,—the discovery,—and the grief of Llewellyn,-have been illustrated by Mr. Spencer, in his admirable ballad, I need not here remind the reader.

My walks among the Snowdon hills are part of the most agreeable recollections of my life. Although years had elapsed since I last beheld the scenes amidst which I now wandered, the impression on my imagination was as pleasing and exciting as it had ever been. The love of coast and mountain scenery, imbibed during an early period of my boyhood, required not, in maturer years, the spell of historical association, or of yet wilder tradition, to give force to the sentiment; and if I was then an enthusiast for pedestrian rambles, I was still as eager to pursue

them for the more invigorating delight they ever afforded me, and the energy of mind and frame which, after a slight seasoning, I invariably found them to impart. I had this time twice traversed the greater mountains of this singularly picturesque region, and my desire of exploring fresh paths and trying longer excursions was unabated, till I began to think as lightly of accomplishing twenty to thirty miles before evening as I had, at one period, thought of four or five.

Even when reposing in the pleasant sequestered valleys, surrounded by the romantic mountains, breathing the deep calm which seems peculiar to the solitude of Beddgelert, the thought of a more extended route over the Glyder hills of the fine views around the lakes Cader and Cwellyn,-and the yet wilder passes of the mountains, soon determined me to take this route towards Anglesey, in order that I might not lose the opportunity of again observing the splendid scenery round the Ogwen lake, and the dark rocky valley of Frangon.

On my way, these presented themselves to view a succession of all those nobler features of landscape which I had not before seen under the same points of view. From the summit of the Great Glyder, I marked the scenes through which I had passed on the previous days, spread on every side in novel beauty and magnificence. To the west lay the vale and extensive lakes of Llanberis; more near the barren tract of Waun Oer and the Lesser Glyder, on one side the towering precipice of Clogwyn-du overhanging the dark Llyn Idwall, the deep fissured rock of Twlldu, the strangely indented Trifaen, the massy Carnedds of David and Llewellyn; and below the yawning chasm of Benglog opening into Nant Frangon, and the Ogwen pouring its waters into the deep glens below.

The surface of the ground upon which I stood,-the summit of the Glyder Fawr,-had a most singular appearance. It seemed as if it had been washed by a tremendous sea; the stones lay loose,

and strewn at hazard as on some wild coast; the rocks, bare, clo