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Wild Wales

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I. Proposed Excursion 5

II. The Start, Peterborough, Birmingham 10

III. Chester 14

IV. Chester, Camp-meeting 19

V. Chester, Book-Stall, Wrexham 24

VI. Llangollen, the Dee 30

VII. Llangollen, Lodgings 34

VIII. The Robber’s Leap 37

IX. Llangollen, Pengwern 43

X. The Berwyn 48

XI. Pont Fadog 50

XII. Pont y Cysswllt 58

XIII. Llangollen, the Abbey of the Vale of the Cross 64

XIV. Expedition to Ruthyn, the Column 69

XV. The Turf Tavern, Ruthyn 74

XVI. Return from Ruthyn, Agricola’s Hill 80

XVII. Llangollen, Plas Newydd, Llyn Ceiriog 84

XVIII. Llangollen, the Parish Clerk 92

XIX. Llangollen, the Vicar, the Pool of Catherine Lingo, Robber’s Leap 100

XX. The Valley of Ceiriog, Huw Morris’s Chair, Pont y Meibion 107

XXI. Pandy Teirw 116

XXII. Llangollen Fair 124

XXIII. Pont y Pandy, Glendower’s Mount, Corwen 125

XXIV. The Rock of Heroes, the Italian at the Inn 134

XXV. On the way to Bangor, the Irishman 142

XXVI. Pentre Voelas, the Conway, Swallow Falls, Capel Curig 149

XXVII. Bangor 159

XXVIII. Menai bridges 165

XXIX. Snowdon, the Wyddfa 172

XXX. Gronwy Owen 179

XXXI. Anglesea, Pentraeth Coch 181

XXXII. Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, the Birthplace of Gronwy Owen 186

XXXIII. The Inn at Pentraeth Coch 199

XXXIV. Conversation at the Inn 203

XXXV. A Brilliant Morning 206

XXXVI. Leaving Pentraeth Coch, Penmynnydd, Tomb of Owen Tudor 209

XXXVII. Dyffryn Gaint 213

XXXVIII. The Inn at L— 225

XXXIX. Bound for Holy Head 231

XL. Caer Gybi 237

XLI. The Pier 240

XLII. Town of Holy Head, Pen Caer Gybi 244

XLIII. Bangor, Port Dyn Norwig, Caernarvon 251

XLIV. Pont Bettws, Llyn Cwellyn 255

XLV. Inn at Bethgelert 265

XLVI. The Valley of Gelert 267

XLVII. Tan y Bwlch, Festiniog 273

XLVIII. Mynydd Mawr and Mynydd Bach, Tref y Talcot 279

XLIX. Bala 288

L. The Tomen Bala 298

LI. Back at Llangollen 300

LII. Llangollen, Attempted Murder 304

LIII. Pen y Coed 308

LIV. Chirk 310

LV. Llangollen, Some of the Inhabitants 320

LVI. Llangollen, News of the Fall of Sebastopol 324

LVII. Pentré y Dwr 329

LVIII. Sunday at Llangollen 334

LIX. Llangollen, History of Twm O’r Nant 338

LX. Twm O’r Nant, his Interludes 348

LXI. Walk to Wrexham, Methodistical Volume 354

LXII. Rhiwabon Road 360

LXIII. Last Night at Llangollen 364

LXIV. Departure for South Wales 367

LXV. Inn at Llan Rhyadr 373

LXVI. Sycharth 378

LXVII. Llan Silin 384

LXVIII. Llan Silin Church, Tomb of Huw Morris 388

LXIX. Church of Llan Rhyadr 393

LXX. Rhyadr, Mountain Scenery 395

LXXI. Wild Moors, Arrival at Bala 398

LXXII. Bala, The White Lion 403

LXXIII. Llyn Tegid 409

LXXIV. Bala to Dinas Mawddwy 414

LXXV. Inn at Mallwydd 423

LXXVI. Mallwydd and its Church, Cemmaes 424

LXXVII. The Vale of Dyfi 428

LXXVIII. Machynlleth 432

LXXIX. Machynlleth, Historic Events 438

LXXX. Machynlleth to Esgyrn Hirion 442

LXXXI. The Mining Compting Room 450

LXXXII. Inn at Pont Erwyd 457

LXXXIII. Conversation at the inn and on the way to the Devil’s Bridge 465

LXXXIV. The Devil’s Bridge 474

LXXXV. Dinner at the Hospice 477

LXXXVI. Dafydd Ab Gwilym 481

LXXXVII. Start for Plynlimmon 489

LXXXVIII. Plynlimmon, and back to the Devil’s Bridge 491

LXXXIX. Hafod 499

XC. Spytty Ystwyth 503

XCI. Strata Florida, burial-place of Dafydd Ab Gwilym 507

XCII. Rhyd Fendigaid to Tregaron 512

XCIII. Tregaron Church 523

XCIV. Llan Ddewi Brefi 527

XCV. Lampeter to the Bridge of Twrch 532

XCVI. Llandovery 539

XCVII. Llandovery Church 544

XCVIII. Llandovery to Gutter Vawr 553

XCIX. Inn at Gutter Vawr 561

C. Gutter Vawr to Swansea 568

CI. Swansea 579

CII. Swansea to Neath 581

CIII. Town of Neath, the Glowing Mountain 583

CIV. Merthyr Tydvil 586

CV. Start for Caerfili 589

CVI. Pen y Glas to Caerfili 599

CVII. Caerfili 602

CVIII. Town of Newport 606

CIX. Arrival at Chepstow 616

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