The Argosy — page 229: what you’re looking at

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gE2 Among the Welsh. water, and perhaps, like Narcissus, in love with their own image. They had every right to be so. It is one of the pleasures of driving in North Wales, that if you hire a conveyance and start betimes, though you must choose your direction, your destination may remain a matter of chance or caprice, may be altered by the turning of a straw. So I found it one morn- ing. The landlord had provided an excellent dogcart — by far the best kind of vehicle for a hilly country when you happen to. be alone. ‘The driver, intelligent and thoughtful, differed from most of his class, knew the name and nature of every hill and valley in the neighbourhood, and enlivened the way by sensible remarks and a just appreciation of the scenery. +. Pa YS ae OUT gee os ( NK \ Da ter “AS ) Ms Ssyeti [eyp We ‘M NW Wy eS . i. ‘ x) i! ww AN ~Lo SS Ww ess ~~ Wh ‘i BSS EASA | Eis: # Mo xy ~ s, me g “. Sy | <2 YR —— —S—= h . AN AY S SS Vi 5 aia RAAT YR SiN BASSE t = AWN \\\ Sep SOOM SNS es » ¥ oS SS AAYs ss BETTWS-Y-COED. Passing the post office, and wondering whether its younger genius. was in her customary unfriendly humour (the elder matron was of an opposite temperament and equally civil and obliging), we wound up the hill. The river to the right was sheltered by a wealth of trees, and as we ascended, so it gained in depth, until presently the Swallow Falls were reached. But they are not to be seen from the road ; one has to alight and walk a few yards. I have said that nearly all the waterfalls in Wales were disappoint- ing. It could not be otherwise, with the grand torrents of Norway still fresh in one’s memory. Compared with these, the falls of Wales are nothing but miniature cascades, and one feels that they are childish, and you are ridiculous for troubling about them. The Swallow Falls were hardly an exception, and were less effective than usual because there was little water in them. Pretty, certainly, but so is a waterfall COMIC OOOKS. EO)