I reached a torrent, which coming from the north-west rushed under a bridge, over which I passed.

The torrent attended me on my right hand the whole way to Beth Gelert.

The descent now became very rapid.

I passed a pine wood on my left, and proceeded for more than two miles at a tremendous rate.

I then came to a wood--this wood was just above Beth Gelert--proceeding in the direction of a black mountain, I found myself amongst houses, at the bottom of a valley.