CHAPTER XLVII.
Spanish Proverb--The Short Cut--Predestinations--Rhys Goch--Old Crusty--Undercharging--The Cavalier.
The Spaniards have a proverb: "No hay atajo sin trabajo," there is no short cut without a deal of labour.

This proverb is very true, as I know by my own experience, for I never took a short cut in my life, and I have taken many in my wanderings, without falling down, getting into a slough, or losing my way.

On the present occasion I lost my way, and wandered about for nearly two hours amidst rocks, thickets, and precipices, without being able to find it.

The temperance woman, however, spoke nothing but the truth when she said I should see some fine scenery.

From a rock I obtained a wonderful view of the Wyddfa towering in sublime grandeur in the west, and of the beautiful, but spectral, Knicht shooting up high in the north; and from the top of a bare hill I obtained a prospect to the south, noble indeed--waters, forests, hoary mountains, and in the far distance the sea.