Viewing page 27 of 101

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

Visit to Mrs. Jackson's.

When we arrived at the door we were met and shown in by the lady herself, who was just ready to go to Tremadoc but she said that since we had come she would stop a half an hour. After showing us the pictures one of which was a genuine Rembrandt, she walked with us to the gate, and then got in her carr[[insert - i]]age and rode off, with her sister and two [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] young ladies who had been present The house is a very nice new one, with splendid grounds from which you have a view of Snowdon Moel Hebog Cnicht & Moel wyn. They made an appointment with us to come & see them on Thursday or Friday night and requested father to bring his sketches. After leaving we went down the road to a bridge, where we took dinner under the shade of some large trees, and then sat down to draw, but the want of tea for dinner had made us feel so bad that father could not do anything good, so it being late we set off home. On the way we stopped at our could little spring, from which we got a drink and then set off, but did not go far before we heard some one behind us, and on looking back saw Mrs. Owen who had been at a friends and had caught up with us. On arriving at home we found Mr. Spooner's card on the table.

[[end page]]

[[start page]]

Ascent of Snowdon.

6th. We set off up Snowdon with Catherine Owen for a guide as far as the Beddghelert path. After leaving the [[Gurm?]] Llan road we had a hard ascent to where Catherine left us. We then went on till we came to within a little way of the top and then the wind blew at an awful rate, and seeing that there were already a great many people up and more arriving we thought it doubtful whether we would be able to get any dinner.  So we set about looking at the view, which father said would not not begin to come up with that from Mount Washington and I thought it scarcely as fine as that from Mt. Clinton for we were not able to see more than 2.5 miles.  Mother and Lilly were pleased.  We set off home the wind still blowing at a most fearful rate, sometimes almost taking mother off her feet.  When we had descended one third of the way we took our dinner, which consisted of oaten cake and water.  Continuing our descent we reached the house about three o'clock having made five miles ascent and five descent since nine o'clock. 
7th.  Father and I went to draw at a new and beautiful waterfall, about one half mile from the house.  He got two drawings inked in and I got one and coloured it in the afternoon.  In the evening father and mother went to Mrs. Jackson's to show her the sketches, with which she was very much