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TO ACCOMPAKTINDEX BLACK’S MAP GUIDE TO NORTH WALES Drawn, & Eng'*'by J. Bartholomew, BdutV Pablislie3. "by A. & C. Blaclr, E3ialmi:gh.. BLACK’S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO NORTH WALES TO TOURISTS. rectionsThe Editorthat may of bethis sent Guide to him will by be Tourists glad to makingreceive any use Notesof the orWork. Cor* Address, 6 North Bridge, Edinburgh. MMM HOTUnLAJE. BLACK’S PICTURESQUE GUIDE NORTH WALES FIFTH EDITION SNOWDON SUMMIT. EDINBURGH •. ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK CHESTER : CATHERALL AND PRICHARD 1874 [Entered at Stationers' Hall.] B ^13 jNo VD75/ <% CONTENTS. Welsh Alphabet ...... viii Glossary ....... x Welsh Vocabulary for Tourists . xii Distance and Mountain Tables .... xiv General Description of Wales ..... 1 Chester and Neighbourhood ... .5 Railways at Chester . .11 Chester to Mold . .12 Chester to Holyhead, vid Conway, Llandudno, and Bangor . 17 JFUntsljtre . ..... 22 Bangor and Vicinity . .51 Bangor to Holyhead—route continued .73 Sngltstg ....... 79 ffiamarbonsljtte ...... 81 Carnarvon Town . .83 Carnarvon to Pwllheli. .87 Carnarvon to Llanberis and Beddgelert . .93 Llanberis ....... 95 Snowdon ....... 98 Llandudno to Bettws-y-Coed and Capel Curig . .107 Vale of Conway ...... 109 Carnarvon to Beddgelert by Llyn Cwellyn . 122 Beddgelert and Vicinity ..... 127 Tremadoc and Portmadoc . .131 IBmitgfjsfjire . .133 Vale of Clwyd. (Rhuddlan—Dyserth—St. Asaph—Denbigh—and Ruthin) 134-151 fHtrtanrtfjafjire ...... 152 Chester and Ruahon to Dolgelly, vid Gresford, Wrexham, etc. 157 Llangollen and Vicinity ..... 166 Corwen ....... 170 Bala . .173 Dolgelly . .178 Cader Idris ....... *181 Dolgelly to Barmouth ...... 188 Harlech — Tan-y- Bwlch — Maentwrog — Festiniog — and Towyn ...... 190-199 fHontgamtrgsljtrc . .200 Oswestry ....... 202 Shrewsbury ....... 206 Shrewsbury or Oswestry to Machynlleth, vid Welshpool, Newtown, and Llanidloes .... 209-224 Index . , . .225 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Map of North. Wales . End of Volume. Menai Tubular and Suspension Bridges . Frontispiece. Summit of Snowdon . Vignette title. The Rows, Chester ...... Page 5 Palace of the Stanleys of Alderley, Chester ... 9 Plan of Llandudno . 41 Plan of Conway ... ... 43 Conway Castle . ... 44 Chart of Railways in North. Wales ... 48 View of Bangor ... 51 Penrhyn Castle . - .54 Carnarvon Castle ...... 85 Eagle Tower, Carnarvon Castle . 93 Llanberis Lake . • • • .95 Waterfall of the Great Chasm, Llanberis ... 97 Chart of Snowdon ..... 98 Snowdon, from near Capel Curig . .118 Devil’s Kitchen and Fall of the Ogwen . .121 Nant Mill 123 Craig Cwm Bychan (Llyn Cwellyn). .125 Beddgelert (roadside) . .127 Do. View ...... 128 Gelert’s Grave ...... 129 Pont Aberglaslyn ...... 130 Denbigh Castle ...... 146 Chart of Cader Idris .... 181 FallView of of the Cader Cain Idris from. Tal-y-Llyn. .... • 182184 Harlech Castle . • • • 191 Vale of Festiniog from Road to Harlech . 194 Pistyll-Rhayadf, Denbighshire .... 211 Powis Castle ... • • 215 WELSH ALPHABET. Sounds, or Powers. As thestable. English a in man, ran; never as in able, B b As i inin English.bard, hard, glass. C c Alwaysnever like like the s, asEnglish in city, k, cistern. or as Cb cb & theno similarGreek x, character or the German in English; ci). The bnt sound is like is palateproduced a littleby the farther contact back of thanthe tonguewhen kand is inexpressed, English. As ththe in English thus, that, ' neither;’ never’ as in thick, throw. Asanounced ' as if w. As theis pronouncedEnglish v, or gave. like yin of; thus gof, a smith, the English /ing in fetch, go, give, fat. leg; never soft, gem,dropped, genial. as gwr, In a man;composition yr henwr,theqld an initial man; g is As thegl&n, English the bank ng of in a long.river; ar y l&n, upon the bank. As inthe English, English an i aspiration,in rich, king; or breathing. never as in fire. Asis the pronounced English ee keel. in fleet, keep; thus ctl, a retreat, LAs ipaspirated, English. a sound peculiar to the Welsh language;U, are nearly but similar. the Italian It is gl, uttered and the by Spanishplacing mouththe tip ofa littlethe tongue farther against back thanthe rooffor l,of andthe Llangollenbreathing throughis pronounced the teeth nearly on both as ifsides. written As inKhlangothlen. English. As inthe English. English o in goftte, lot. As theor form,English is pronouncedo in bone, note; mothe, thus or mbdd, mo-othe. a me As in English. WELSH ALPHABET. SR As in English. ThT As inthe English English th in thank, bath, throw, never as dd.in them, this. It is thus distinguished from U As thebut English rather moreu in busy, open. and as i in him, sin, bliss, ft As theblack, English is pronounced double e inas queen,if written green; dee; thus sul, du,the W wft As the English odouble in do, o inwho. fool, spoon. Thus mug, * y In anysmoke, other is syllable pronounced than moog.the last, like the English usound in but, is more"hunt, likechum. that In of thei in last din, syllable sin. It the is tions.the same In in these monosyllables, exceptions, with namely, a few dy,excep- fy, y,of ydd,«, in ym,but, yn,&c., yr, as ys,above. myn, Thesethe sound two issounds that sundry.are exemplified in the two syllables of the word 9 Is exactlybyd, the the world, same is as pronounced fi, viz. as ee heed. in green. Thus The following six letters are not fonnd in the Welsh language:— J, K, Q,J isy, supplied X, and byZ. si, or ». Q,K isin supplied words taken by c orfrom ch. other languages, is expressed by cw, as Y iscwestiwn, supplied question. by/! X, Ecsodus,in foreign i.e. wordsExodus. having this letter, is indicated by cs, as Evcrj'Z is character supplied representsby s. uniformly, but one appropriate sound, which y,it asretains above in stated. every variety of combination; with the single exception o( NoThe letter accentuation is ever mute. is governed by one general rule, which is this. All lastwords syllable of more but than one; one excepting syllable onlyhave a thefew accent instances, on thein whichpenultima, the last or syllable,never removed being farthereither aspiratedfrom the terminationor circumflexed, than thetakes penultima. the accent. It ii few Itsimple is believed rules, thatis all an that acquaintance is requisite with for enablingthe alphabet, any andperson with to these read otherthe Welsh tongues language; and in this respect it has an advantage found in few GLOSSARY. xi Fjlur, bright hue, bloom. Nant, a brook, river, ravine, glen. Ffynnon,Ffordd, a apassage, well, spring, road, or way.source. Newydd,Nmadd, anew, hall, fresh. a large room Or, or Ochr, side, edge, rim, border. Goer,Gallt, mutationmutable into of Coer. AlU. Faith, a prospect, a scene. Garth,Gardd, a garden,hill bending a close. round or en- Pant,Parth, aa low part, place, or division. ahollow, a valley. Gelli,closing, a grove, a bower,butress, hazel a cape. coppice. Penmaen,Psn, a head, the top, stone or end. Glds,Gian, blue,the brink, grey, agreen, side orverdant. shore. Penrhyn (or Penryn), a headland, a Gorsaf,Glyn, a aglen, station, a deep a stand. vale. Perth,Pentref, a athorn village, bush, hamlet, a brake. suburb. Gwaelod,Grug, a heath. the bottom, a low part. Plas,Pistyll, a hall,a spout mansion, or cataract or palace. Gwern,iLGwaen, a swamp,bog, plain, a level watery meadow. meadow Plwyf,Pont, a abridge. parish, a community. Gwyn,Gvn dd, white, wood, fair, woody clear. or wild. Forth,PwU, a a ditch, gate, a port,pit, a apool. ferry. Gwyrdd, green. Rhayadr, a waterfall or cataract. Hen,Hafod, old, a summerancient. dwelling. Rhds,Rhiw, a a moist slope, plain an ascent or meadow, moor HendreJ,Heal, a street, an old road, residence. or course. RhUdd,RhQd, a purple,ford, a passage.red, crimson, ruddy Hir, long, tedious. Sam, a causeway, a pavement HU, an open space, a region. Svrydd,Serth, steep, shire orabrupt. county, also an office leaf,Is, or lowest, Ys, lower, humblest; inferior. Isel, low. Tal (subs.), the head, the front Llain, a long patch, a slip. Tan,Tal (adj.), spreading, tall or under. towering. Llan,a placea smooth of meeting, area, an the enclosure, church- Tamm,Terfyn, limit,a tavern. extremity. placeratively, nr village, the church. and hence, figu- Tomen,Tir, the a earth,mound, land. a hillock, dunghill Uavrr,VUch, a the flat floor,stone, a orground slate, plot.a smootli Traeth,estuary. sand, a sandy beach, at Lluest,cliff an encampment Tref, or Tre, a house, a home, I Llwyn,Llwyd, agrey, wood, hoary, grove, brown. bush, or copse Tri,Troed, three, a foot, (fern.) the baseTair. of a hill. Llyr,Llyn, aa duct, lake, brink,pool, pond.or shore, the sea, a point, tb Llys, a palace, hall, or court Mach, a place of security. Ty, a house, a mansion. Tywyn,Tyddyn, a a strand. fann. Maenor,Maes, a plain,a manor. an open field. Uchel, high ; Vchaf, highest. Mawiwg,Mall, bad, a rotten,peat-pit, blasted. a turbary. Uwch, or ach, or rich, upper, above Melin,Mawr, agreat, mill. large. Ym,Y, or in. Yr, the. Melyn,Merthyr, yellow. a martyr. Ynys,Yn, in, an into, island. at Mod, fair,^bald, naked, a smooth Cf Yspytty,a place an almshouse,for refreshment, or hospital or rest Marfa,Monad, aan sea isolated marsh. situation Ystrad,Ystlys, thea flat, side, a vale.the flank. Ystwm,Ystwyth, a flexible,bend, a curve.pliant . WELSH VOCABULARY Words not contained in this very limited vocabulary may often Questions and Orders. English. Welsh. Good morning; Good night Boreu da; Nosdawch How do you do ? SutOs byddwch yr ydych gystal. ? MaeDe’wch arnaf eisiau HaveWhere you is theany ... ... ? ? PaOes le genych mae y ddim... ? ... ? WhichHow far is is the it toway ... to? ... ? Pa cynun yw belled y ffordd ydyw ... i ?... ? WhoWhat lives is the there name ? of this place ? PwyPa beth sydd yw yn enw byw y yna? ? WhatWho istime the isminister it ? here ? PaPwy faint yw o’ry gweinidog dydd ydyw yma ? ? CanShall I wehave have a bed rain here ? to-night ? A gawnallaf fi ni gael wlaw gwely ? yma heno ? Canneighbourhood you get me ? a bed in your A ellwchdogaeth gael ? gwely i mi yn y gym- CanDry youmy clothesget my linen washed ? ASychwch ellwch gaelfy nillad golchi fy linens ? CallTake mecare inof mythe horse morning at ..