This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ... ABERYSTWITH. 13 are several on the terrace, and in other parts of the town; also a chalybeate spring at a short distance. Nor is Aberystwith without the usual public amusements of a fashionable watering-place, for those whose health or inclination leads them to seek the gay as well as the picturesque; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ... ABERYSTWITH. 13 are several on the terrace, and in other parts of the town; also a chalybeate spring at a short distance. Nor is Aberystwith without the usual public amusements of a fashionable watering-place, for those whose health or inclination leads them to seek the gay as well as the picturesque; here are balls, races, theatricals, &c.; and to all who are fortunate in finding kind friends and pleasant acquaintance among the residents or visiters, this may well be selected as a summer retreat for successive years. The bathing is excellent; and the number of pleasure boats always employed, proves how much the sea-excursions in the neighbourhood are enjoyed. The excellent fishing in the Rheidol and the Ystwith, tempting to disciples of quaint pleasant old Isaac Walton, calls forth many a merry party of anglers to the delicious vales of these winding rivers. It appears singular that the Ystwith should give its name to the town--AberYaturilli, the mouth of the Ystwith, --since the Rheidol flows through it, and only joins the Ystwith at some distance, when they both fall into the sea together. The town in this situation was called Aber-Rheidol about the time of our First Henry, but when the name was changed is not correctly known; it was also called Llanbadarn Gaerog, or the fortified Llanbadarn, from its nearly adjoining that once great city. Some delightful excursions may be made from Aberystwith, among the grand and romantic scenery of Cardigan's mountains and glens. First in beauty as in popularity, is the oft-praised, but indescribable spot, where the Devil's Bridge frowns over its sublime and perilous chasm. The road from Aberystwith to the bridge is replete with beauty of varied character. On quitting the town, we ascend steep..
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