ntre of forty-four feet,
thus allowing the roadway to have a clear elevation of a hundred feet
above high-water at spring tide. These sixteen chains are carried
through sixty feet of solid rock. The whole length of the bridge is
about one-third of a mile, including four arches at one end, and three
at the other, which carry the road out to the two suspending piers. The
bridge was opened in January, 1826. It was designed by Thomas Telford,
the engineer. The work occupied six years, and cost 120,000 pounds,--
much less than an ironclad, and infinitely more useful and durable.
Before it was built people had to cross by a dangerous ferry. We were
surprised to hear that the compensation given to the owners of the ferry
for the surrender of their right amounted to 26,577 pounds--the annual
income of the ferry being computed at 815 pounds 18 shillings.

We sailed on to Bangor, before which we brought-up in the Bay of
Beaumaris. There is not much to see in the town itself, except that it
is pleasantly situated. By climbing the hill above it we obtained a
fine view over the island of Anglesea.

Our chief object in coming here was to see the slate quarries at
Penrhyn. They are of enormous extent, and not less than three thousand
men and boys are employed in them, whose wages amount to upwards of 2000
pounds per week; and it is calculated that upwards of 11,000 people,
including wives and children, find subsistence from working these
quarries. A railway conveys the slate about six miles, to the shores of
the Menai Straits; and upwards of 70,000 tons of slate are annually
exported, the income derived from them being 250,000 pounds per annum.
They are the property of the noble owner of the magnificent Penrhyn
Castle.

We passed through the village of Llandegai--a model of beauty and
neatness--situated at the chief entrance of the castle grounds. We
crossed over by the ferry to Beaumaris, in the island of Anglesea. It
is a very picturesque place, on the north-western side of the bay called
after it. The distance across the bay is about eight miles. From the
shore we could distinguish Penmaenmawr, Puffin Island, Great Orme's
Head, Conway Bay, and other interesting spots. The distance round the
whole island is about eighty miles. On the western shore lies the
island of Holyhead, joined to Anglesea by a bridge. This little island
is made the chief port of departure for the Irish coast.

The appearance of Anglesea is