word of the Lord was persuasively preached both by the Archbishop and the Archdeacon, and many were induced to take the cross: one of whom was an only son, and the sole comfort of his mother, far advanced in years, who stedfastly gazing on him, as if inspired by the Deity, uttered these words: "O most beloved Lord Jesus Christ, I return thee hearty thanks for having conferred on me the blessing of bringing forth a son, whom thou mayest think worthy of thy service." Another woman at Aberteivi, of a very different way of thinking, held her husband fast by his cloak and girdle, and publicly and audaciously prevented him from going to the Archbishop to take the cross; but three nights afterwards, she heard a terrible voice saying, "Thou hast taken away my servant from me, wherefore what thou most lovest shall be taken away from thee." On her relating this vision to her husband, they were struck with mutual terror and amazement ; and on falling to sleep again, she unhappily overlaid her little boy, whom, with more affection than prudence, she had taken to bed with her; the husband relating to the bishop of the diocese both the vision and its fatal prediction, took the cross, which his wife spontaneously sewed on her husband's arm. • Near the head of the bridge where the sermons were delivered, the people immediately marked out the site for a chapel on a verdant plain, as a memorial of so great an event; intending that the altar should be placed on the spot where the Archbishop stood, while addressing the multitude; and it is well known that many miracles (the enumeration of which would be too tedious to relate) were performed on the crouds of sick people who resorted hither from different parts of the country.' (Vol. II. p. 38.) Of the famous Prince Gruffydh above mentioned, we have this account: 'Gruffydh ap Rhys-Was son of Rhys ap Theodor, who in the year 1090 was slain in battle, not far from Brecknock. About the year 113," there was a talke through South Wales, of Gruffyth, the sonne of Rees ap Theodor, who for feare of the king had beene of a child brought up in Ireland, and had come over two yeares passed, which time he had spent privilie with his freends, kinsfolk, and affines as with Gerald steward of Penbroke his brother-in-law, and others. But at the last he was accused to the king, that he intended the kingdome of South Wales as his father had enjoied it, which was now in the king's hands; and that all the countrie hoped of libertie through him; therefore the king sent to take him. But Gruffyth ap Rees hering this, sent to Gruffyth ap Conan Prince of North Wales, desiring him of his aid, and that he might remaine safelie within his countrie; which he granted, and received him joiouslie for his father's sake." He afterwards proved so troublesome and successful an antagonist, that the king endeavoured by every possible means to get him into his power. To Gruffyth ap Conan he offered "mountaines of gold to send the said Gruffyth or his head to him." And at a subsequent period, he sent for Owen ap Cadogan, and said to him, "Owen, I have found thee true and faithful unto me, therefore 1 desire thee to take or kill that murtherer Gruffyth ap Rees, that that doth so trouble my loving subjects." But Gruffyth escaped all the snares which the king had laid for him, and in the year 1137, died a natural and honourable death: he is styled in the Welsh Chro nicle, "the light, honor, and staic of South Wales," and distinguished as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal, and just of all the princes of Wales. By his wife Gwenlhian, the daughter of Gruffyth ap Conan, he left a son, commonly called the Lord Rhys, who met the Archbishop at Radnor, as is related in the first chapter of this Itinerary.' [To be continued.] ART. II. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Paris of England, and great Part of the Highlands of Scotland; including Remarks on English and Scottish Landscape, and general Observations on the State of Society and Manners. Embellished with Sixteen Engravings, by Messrs. Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, &c. From Paintings made on purpose, by Mr. Garrard. By Colonel T. Thornton, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. 4to. PP. 340. 11. 15s. Boards. Vernor and Hood. W To 7ITH the progress of civilization and mental improvement, the amount of human knowlege is enlarged, and its departments are distributed into regular divisions, which receive their denominations from the circumstances or properties that chiefly characterize them. Hence every genus and species of literature become distinctly defined, and subjected to the commodious and philosophical form of nomenclature; while each subsequent discovery easily finds its appropriate rank and station, and contributes to the former stock of information. this pleasing and animated view of the regulated multiplication of ideas, we are unwilling to assign any other limits than those of the duration of our race; and we confess that we entertain no large portion of charity for those narrow and superficial observers, who would endeavour to convince us that all the possible varieties of even the most familiar subjects are already exhausted. We have, indeed, often adverted to the wonderful diversity of books of travels; such as the descriptive, the political, the geological, the philosophical, the sentimental, &c. &c. but we still reckoned it within the compass of intellect, combined with genius, to detect some non-descript species; and the title of the work now before us sufficiently proves that our expectations were not chimerical. in justice to the author, we shall preface our analytical report of his novel production, by requesting our readers to treat it with much less levity than its trivial appellation might naturally suggest; since we are warranted in stating that a sporting tour is a very serious concern, and may not unaptly be 5 compared compared to the commentaries of Cæsar, or the military narratives of Frederick the Great. It likewise deserves to be distinctly recorded that, though Colonel Thornton volunteered his services, he spared no time, trouble, expence, nor risk, in planning and conducting the grand expedition, of which the history will now descend to posterity. His naval and land equipments were completed on a very liberal scale, without subtracting a shilling from the public money; and the inge nious precautions and expedients to which he had recourse, in order to secure a plentiful supply of ammunition, forage, and generous cheer in a land of heath and blue mists, will be gratefully acknowleged by the gallant few, who, incited by his illustrious example, may be tempted to engage in enterprizes of great pith and moment." We may safely commend his general orders, and his regular returns of killed and wounded, as models of precision; and, as the bard of Mantua tosses his dung with grace and dignity, the hero of Thornville Royal marshals his hodge-podge and bacon in elegant array. That such of our readers, as are strangers to the incomparable work itself, may form some conception of the nature and extent of the Colonel's preparations, we must not forget to mention that he, first of all, engaged Mr. Garrard, a pupil of Gilpin, and an excellent walker, to delineate the romantic scenes which lay on the line of march. A very curious boat,' a portable kitchen, and a great variety of useful articles, were ordered in London. The boat was delivered at Hull: but it grieves us to relate that Mr. Merlin failed in providing the kitchen. On this melancholy occasion, our magnanimous tourist, disdaining to indulge in a single peevish or resentful expression, thus coolly continues his narrative;- and now having hired a cutter, I embarked all my stores, servants, guns, dogs, nets, oatmeal, beans, &c. together with the two boats, (for I had purchased a second, in order that Mr. P.'s plans and mine might not interfere; a mode which, in like cases, I would recommend every sportsman to adopt implicitly,) and the whole being ready for sea, only awaited a favourable breeze, which soon after sprung up.'-With that enviable degree of philosophy which seems seldom to have abandoned him, he likewise renounced for the good of the service his favourite scheme of navigating his own squadron. We went, however,' (says he,) on board our vessel, which we -christened The Falcon. The largest boat, which was made for me in London, I named the Ville de Paris, as a small honorary tribute to the brave Lord Rodney, whose singular good fortune, in taking the commanders in chief of two squadrons of France and Spain, in one war, is hardly to be paralleled in the annals of naval transactions. The The other boat, destined for Mr. P.'s use, was called, for similar rea sons, the Gibraltar, and, it being the 4th of June, we ordered the crew an additional quantity of flip, upon the occasion, to drink the health of our gracious sovereign, and then, trusting to the good fortune which attends every thing done on this auspicious day, we were set on shore, the sails were spread, the crew gave us a salute, and, with colours flying, the vessel fell down the Ouse for Hull. At this place she was to take in biscuits, porter, &c. as well as ale and small beer, (the latter being a necessary I had found great want of,) and then set sail for Forres,' &c. The hospitable and polite attentions of Mr. L. a brother sportsman, and of his lady, could not detain the leader and his party a single night; for dispatch was necessary,' and direful disasters might have ensued from supping at Northallerton rather than at Darlington. The Colonel's love of expedition is, indeed, highly commendable. In spite of the late supper at Darlington, he rose very early' next morning; at Newcastle, dinner was soon on the table; and, the party being deter mined not to loiter, they made all possible expedition, drank a few glasses of wine, and then proceeded for Morpeth.' The next paragraph begins with Rose again very early,' and proceeds to acquaint us that time could not be spared for fishing in the beautiful river Cocket, which was then in good condition. It fared otherwise with the Teviot; as it appears, by the returns, that the Colonel deprived it of 39 trout, and his companion, Mr. P. of 3.-Two days afterward, this last named gentleman killed with his gun several beautiful white birds, which proved to be kittiwakes. The young of this bird are a favourite whet in North Britain, being served up a little before dinner to procure an appetite; but, from their rank smell and taste, they seemed to me more likely to have a contrary effect. I was told of a stranger, who was set down, for the first time, to this kind of relish, as he supposed; but, after demolishing balf a dozen, with much impatience, he declared that he had "eaten sax, and did na find himself a bit more + hungry." A similar story is told of a late duchess, who, having ate a Soland goose, found no advantage.' It is impossible to follow the busy journalist after he commences his bloody career, without transcribing a large portion of his volume: but the relation of slaughter is sometimes agreeably relieved by such important communications as these: * Tarrocks. Larus tridactylus, Lin. (Rev.) Gannet. Pelecanus Bassanus, Lin. (Rev.) Returned to the inn, passed a very pleasant hour or two, and drank the "Fisher's Delight," in a couple of magnums of very good claret.' Sent for a blacksmith to examine into the state of the carriages, and put every thing in proper order. Ordered in two large chests of biscuits, several Cheshire and Gloucester cheeses, together with a number of Yorkshire hams, reindeer, and other tongues, hung-beef, &c. in order to be amply provided for a large party. Also laid in about seventy pound weight of fine gunpowder, shot, &c. Bought an additional quantity of fishing-tackle, with six or seven excellent rods, from that ingenious maker M'Lean, and, having provided divers portable gun-cases, plaids, and other necessaries, the baggage-waggons were ordered to be ready to set forward in a few days, by Stirling, for Raits.' On the Colonel's personal exertions and prowess, we may always rely with implicit confidence: but in the choice of his auxiliaries he is sometimes unfortunate, and a whole day's sport was lost by the misconduct of an individual: viz. In order to secure sport, I had sent off the evening before, a hair-dresser, who, when I was at college, used to attend me, and other friends, on fishing parties, in order to procure me pike baits; and for him we impatiently waited some hours: he at length made his appearance, attended by two of his fraternity, who brought us literally no other baits than pickled herrings. Our prospects with such apparatus could of course not be great, we therefore relinquished the idea of sport for that day, and, taking a general view, formed plans for the next.' Adventures and incidents thickened rapidly as the expedition proceeded from Glasgow, by Dumbarton, Loch Lomond, Inverary, Taymouth, &c. to Raits, a habitation not very remote from the ultima Thule, and on which the commander had fixed as his head-quarters during great part of the campaign. When within two days' march of this station, we are informed that dinner was served about eight o'clock, and consisted of |