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"I call that Tap Nyth yr Eryri." "Is not that the top nest of the eagles?" "I believe it is. Ha! I see you understand Welsh." "A little," said I. "Are there eagles there now?" "No, no eagle now." "Gone like avanc?" "Yes, gone like avanc, but not so long. My father see eagle on Tap Nyth, but my father never see avanc in de llyn." "How far to Dinas?" "About three mile." "Any thieves about?"
"Has he any English?" "No, he no English, but he plenty of Welsh that is if he see reason." I spoke to the young man in Welsh, asking him if he had ever been up to the Tap Nyth, but he made no answer. "He no care for your question," said the old man; "ask him price of pig."
I asked the young fellow the price of hogs, whereupon his face brightened up, and he not only answered my question, but told me that he had fat hog to sell. "Ha, ha," said the old man; "he plenty of Welsh now, for he see reason. To other question he no Welsh at all, no more than English, for he see no reason. What business he on Tap Nyth with eagle? His business down below in sty with pig.
Proceed on Journey The Lad and Dog Old Bala The Pass Extensive View The Two Men The Tap Nyth The Meeting of the Waters The Wild Valley Dinas Mawddwy. THE Monday morning was gloomy and misty, but it did not rain, a circumstance which gave me no little pleasure, as I intended to continue my journey without delay.
"No, no thieves here, but what come from England," and he looked at me with a strange, grim smile. "What is become of the red-haired robbers of Mawddwy?" "Ah," said the old man, staring at me, "I see you are a Cumro. The red-haired thieves of Mawddwy! I see you are from these parts." "What's become of them?" "Oh, dead, hung. Lived long time ago; long before eagle left Tap Nyth." He spoke true.
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