"The beauties of the road from Llanilltyd to Barmouth," says Mr. Pratt, "are so manifold and extraordinary that they literally beggar description. New pastures of the most exuberant fertility, new woods rising in all the majesty of foliage, the road itself curving in numberless unexpected directions,--at one moment shut into a verdant recess, so contracted that there seems neither carriage nor bridle-way out of it, and at another the azure expanse of the main ocean filling the eye. On one side, rocks glittering in all the colours of that beauty which constitutes the sublime, and of a height which diminishes the wild herds that browse, or look down upon you from the summit, where the largest animal appears insignificantly minute. On the other hand, plains, villas, cottages, or copses, with whatever belongs to that milder grace which appertains to the beautiful." [Illustration: SWANSEA BAY.] SWANSEA BAY. GLAMORGANSHIRE. "In front, the Bay its crystal wave expands, Whose rippling waters kiss the glittering sands Far o'er its bosom, ships with spreading sails Export the _ores_ from Cambria's sunny vales. Above--yon feudal bulwarks crown the steep, Whose rocky base repels the stormy deep; Here health is found,--there Industry resides,-- And Freedom on her native shore abides." The reputation which Swansea has long enjoyed as a delightful watering-place has suffered no diminution in consequence of the numerous rivals with which this coast is so agreeably diversified. As bathing quarters, it enjoys peculiar advantages in its shore, which is admirably adapted for that purpose; while the adjacent scenery, and the various objects of interest or curiosity with which it abounds, serve as pleasing incentives to exercise and recreation,--the happy effects of which are soon observable in the health and appearance of invalids who make choice of Swansea as their summer residence. Every resource which visitors can desire, for promoting either health of body or agreeable occupation for the mind, is here amply provided. Warm, sea-water, and vapour, baths,--public rooms, billiard-tables, reading-rooms, circulating libraries,--with comfortable private lodgings and excellent hotels, are among the list of daily luxuries at their command.