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208 AMONG T Bia Si Lo HH. By CuarLes W. Woon, F.R.G.S., AUTHOR oF ‘* THRouGH HOLLAND,” ““THE CRUISE OF THE RESERVE SQUADRON,” &c. &c. Lt .intiea gy oe pr our last paper we = = sang the pratses of Conway and of its ancient castle, and no one who has ram- bled amidst those ruins and gazed upon the far. stretenims view from the battle- mee) INented towers, will Ceo ces ; think the praise mis- === placed. On the con- trary; whole pages might be devoted to descriptions, and yet an He $ there should not be ig ie wee ees found a sentence too ae sos. much, a charm too Ss eee 3 pees coloured. It is ie eS eS SS impossible to over- =o se ~ craw the beauties of nature, or the effect Z = ; 7 upon the imagination a eee eases §=6©60f an ancient and 3 = : 27> ~=yromantic ruin bearing all the marks of for- mer greatness, almost stamped with its own history, and loaded with the beauties of time and decay. In the present paper I do not know that there will be any old ruin to rhapsodise over, though the pen has a bad habit of rambling whither it listeth, and it is difficult to see the end from the beginning. But one thing is certain ; we shall not meet again in these pages with a castle at all to be compared with that of Conway. Thus it was ‘fitting to do homage to it: even to the bringing it again and again, if need be, before the mind’s eye, as the gem of ruins in North Wales, a pearl in a perfect setting, an apple of gold in a picture of silver. Starting from Llandudno Junction, which lies almost at the foot of Conway Castle, our back turned upon that pleasant watering-place, —=— eet ae ———— - SS NEAR CAPEL CURIG. CORNICE OOKS (E()