Beggars on horseback; a riding tour in North Wales (1895) (14780305734)

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Title: Beggars on horseback; a riding tour in North Wales
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Ross, Martin, 1862-1915 Somerville, E. . (Edith none), 1858-1949
Subjects: Wales, North -- Description and travel
Publisher: Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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them ata stride. The bounteous grave stillness of theWelsh highways and mountain-fields was oursno more ; that roomy calm, whose incidents werea multiplication of peace, must intrench itselfin memory behind the dingy preoccupation ofcatching a train at Chester, the crush of ugly,self-centred people, the blase porters, the impor-tunities of little boys with cups of strong tea. The climax of a variety of shocks to the ruralmood was reached at Holyhead with the dis-covery that our luggage, sent from Bettwys bygoods train, was not awaiting us. Whether or notto start without it was a matter of poignant uncer-tainty, even of frenzy, up to the moment whenthe gangway of the Kingstown boat was hauledin ; while the officials did not conceal their amuse-ment, and the porter of the Station Hotel waitedimmovable, in his red coat, foreknowing the end. 186 BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK. ^^^3 ^-^. V ^ -^ We stayed, and the Kingstown boat movedout on an oily sea into a murky west, and therain began to fall. Z
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