I paid it and gave the noble Thomas a shilling, which he received with a bow and truly French smile, that is a grimace.

When I departed the landlord and landlady, highly respectable-looking elderly people, were standing at the door, one on each side, and dismissed me with suitable honour, he with a low bow, she with a profound curtsey.
Having seen little of the town on the preceding evening, I determined before setting out for Llangollen to become better acquainted with it, and accordingly took another stroll about it.
Bala is a town containing three or four thousand inhabitants, situated near the northern end of an oblong valley, at least two-thirds of which are occupied by Llyn Tegid.

It has two long streets, extending from north to south, a few narrow cross ones, an ancient church, partly overgrown with ivy, with a very pointed steeple, and a town-hall of some antiquity, in which Welsh interludes used to be performed.

After gratifying my curiosity with respect to the town, I visited the mound--the wondrous Tomen Bala.
The Tomen Bala stands at the northern end of the town.

It is apparently formed of clay, is steep and of difficult ascent.