part of
England the farthest of any from Wales. In fact, I am a Carn Sais."

"And how came you to speak Welsh?" said the man.

"I took it into my head to learn it when I was a boy," said I.
"Englishmen sometimes do strange things."

"So I have heard," said the man, "but I never heard before of an
Englishman learning Welsh."

I proceeded to drink my coffee, and having finished it, and had a little
more discourse I got up, and having given Gwen a piece of silver, which
she received with a smile and a curtsey, I said I must now be going.

"Won't you take another cup?" said Gwen, "you are welcome."

"No, thank you," said I, "I have had enough."

"Where are you going?" said the man in English.

"To Llan Rhyadr," said I, "from which I came this morning."

"Which way did you come?" said the man.

"By Llan Gedwin," I replied, "and over the hill. Is there another way?"

"There is," said the man, "by Llan Silin."

"Llan Silin!" said I; "is not that the place where Huw Morris is buried?"

"It is," said the man.

"I will return by Llan Silin," said I, "and in passing through pay a
visit to the tomb of the great poet. Is Llan Silin far off?"

"About half a mile," said the man. "Go over the bridge, turn to the
right, and you will be there presently."

I shook the honest couple by the hand and bade them farewell. The man
put on his hat and went with me a few yards from the door, and then
proceeded towards the factory. I passed over the bridge, under which was
a streamlet, which a little below the bridge received the brook which
once turned Owen Glendower's corn-mill. I soon reached Llan Silin, a
village or townlet, having some high hills at a short distance to the
westward, which form part of the Berwyn.

I entered the kitchen of an old-fashioned public-house, and sitting down
by a table told the landlord, a red-nosed elderly man, who came bowing up
to me, to bring me a pint of ale. The landlord bowed and departed. A
bluff-looking old fellow, somewhat under the middle size, sat just
opposite to me at the table. He was dressed in a white frieze coat, and
had a small hat on his head set rather consequentially on one side.
Before him on the table stood a jug of ale, between which and him lay a
large crabstick. Three or four other people stood or sat in different
parts of the room. Presently the landlord returned with the ale.

"I suppose you come on sessions business, sir?" said he, as he placed it
down b