When I came up the old fellow took off his hat to me, and I forthwith entered into conversation with him.

I soon gathered from him that he was a horsedealer from Bala, and that he had been out on the road with his servant to break a horse.

I astonished the old man with my knowledge of Welsh and horses, and learned from him--for conceiving I was one of the right sort, he was very communicative--two or three curious particulars connected with the Welsh mode of breaking horses.

Discourse shortened the way to both of us, and we were soon in Bala.

In the middle of the town he pointed to a large old-fashioned house on the right hand, at the bottom of a little square, and said, "Your honour was just asking me about an inn.