Transcribed from the 1826 E. Smith & Co. (second) edition,
A TRIP
TO THE
CHAIN-BRIDGE, NEAR BANGOR,
AND
OTHER PARTS OF NORTH WALES,
INCLUDING
BEAUMARIS, CARNARVON, THE LAKES OFLLANBERRIS,
CONWAY, LLANRWST, LLANGOLLEN, &c.
FROM THETWENTY-SIXTH TO THE TWENTY-NINTH JULY, 1825.
BY A GENTLEMAN OF LIVERPOOL.
First printed in the Kaleidoscopeof August 2d, 9th, and 16th of the same year, and
now reprinted; together with
AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
SOME PARTICULARS OF REMARKABLEOBJECTS AND PLACES
MENTIONED IN “THE TRIP.”
SECOND EDITION.
LIVERPOOL:
PRINTED BY E. SMITH AND CO. 75,LORD-STREET, AND SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS
1826.
[PRICESIXPENCE.]
p.2
The following lines were principally written in the shortintervals of a rapid journey of business in this county, somedays after my return from Wales, and without my having theassistance of any memoranda whatever taken during “theTrip.”
Liverpool.
J.S.
p. 3A TRIPTO THE CHAIN-BRIDGE, &c. &c.
I had never been in Wales beyond the border counties of Flint,Denbigh, and Montgomery, and was, of course, a stranger to thebest scenery of the Principality. Business, however,required that I should visit some parts of the north-west, and ascuriosity prompted me to see the new Chain-bridge over thestraits of Menai, I determined upon commencing my trip fromLiverpool by the Llewellyn steam-packet; and, accordingly, onTuesday, the 26th July, about ten o’clock in the forenoon,I embarked on board that fine vessel, which was just on the pointof weighing anchor. The river Mersey was a scene of generalbustle, the liveliness of which was heightened by the brightnessof the sun, and the beauty of a fleecy sky. A light breezefrom the northward gave freshness to the air; every appearancewas favourable to such an excursion as I had projected; and agoodly company, assembling on all parts of the vessel’sdeck, indicated that “all the world and hiswife” were in a rambling humour this summer. Amongst other objects on the river an arrival from Dublinsuddenly attracted universal attention. A steam-ship cameclose past us with such a cargo as I never before beheld,although in the summer season there may be many