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Shropshire and part in Denbighshire approachable by a small bridge. In time of floods, however, travellers are under the necessity of fording several streams, whose depths are, at different times, very uncertain. The uneven surface of the ground, under the water, renders it extremely disagreeable, if not dangerous, to persons unacquainted with the passage. Very little accommodation is here to be met with. Indeed the traveller must now begin to take leave of the luxuries on the other side the Severn. Welsh customs and manners begin here to bud; and the ear is made very familiar to the guttural tones of the natives of Cambria. The passing peasantry are very respectful; and we began to think we should wear out our hats in returning their attentions. The beds here are not quite so comfortable as at our London Hotels. I was accommodated with the state room, which was a cockloft, at the very brink ofa step-
