THE TOPOGRAPHER.

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TRAVELLING NOTES IN SOUTH WALES.

(_For the Mirror._)


Either shore
Presents its combination to the view
Of all that interests, delights, enchants;--
Corn-waving fields, and pastures green, and slope,
And swell alternate, summits crown'd with leaf,
And grave-encircled mansions, verdant capes,
The beach, the inn, the farm, the mill, the path,
And tinkling rivulets, and waters wide,
Spreading in lake-like mirrors to the sun.

N.T. CARRINGTON.


_Swansea Bay:--Scenery and Antiquities of Gower._

The coast scenery of the western portion of Glamorgan is of singular
beauty. We shall ever recall with delight our recollections of Gower,
and we believe the future tourist will thank us for the outline of the