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Holy Head, and to Beth Gelert, sir."

"What took you to those places?"

"I was sent to those places on business, sir; as I told you before, sir,
I sometimes execute commissions. At Beth Gelert I stayed some time. It
was there I married, sir; my wife comes from a place called Dol Gellyn
near Beth Gelert."

"What was her name?"

"Her name was Jones, sir."

"What, before she married?"

"Yes, sir, before she married. You need not be surprised, sir; there are
plenty of the name of Jones in Wales. The name of my brother's wife,
before she married, was also Jones."

"Your brother is a clever man," said I.

"Yes, sir, for a Cumro he is clebber enough."

"For a Cumro?"

"Yes, sir, he is not a Saxon, you know."

"Are Saxons then so very clever?"

"Oh yes, sir; who so clebber? The clebberest people in Llangollen are
Saxons; that is, at carnal things--for at spiritual things I do not think
them at all clebber. Look at Mr A., sir."

"Who is he?"

"Do you not know him, sir? I thought everybody knew Mr A. He is a
Saxon, sir, and keeps the inn on the road a little way below where you
live. He is the clebberest man in Llangollen, sir. He can do
everything. He is a great cook, and can wash clothes better than any
woman. Oh, sir, for carnal things, who so clebber as your countrymen!"

After walking about four miles by the side of the canal we left it, and
bearing to the right presently came to the aqueduct, which strode over a
deep and narrow valley, at the bottom of which ran the Dee. "This is the
Pont y Cysswllt, sir," said my guide; "it's the finest bridge in the
world, and no wonder, if what the common people say be true, namely that
every stone cost a golden sovereign."

We went along it; the height was awful. My guide, though he had been a
mountain shepherd, confessed that he was somewhat afraid. "It gives me
the pendro, sir," said he, "to look down." I too felt somewhat dizzy, as
I looked over the parapet into the glen. The canal which this mighty
bridge carries across the gulf is about nine feet wide, and occupies
about two-thirds of the width of the bridge and the entire western side.
The footway is towards the east. From about the middle of the bridge
there is a fine view of the forges on the Cefn Bach and also of a huge
hill near it called the Cefn Mawr. We reached the termination, and
presently crossing the canal by a little wooden bridge we came to a
village. My guide then said, "If