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CHAP. HI. 

 Harlech to Barmouth; 



V^prlght Stones. — Cromlechs. — Ancient Bari-ows, the Mode of 

 forming^ and the Utility of them. — Barmouth — Hovfes fmgularly 

 filuated. — Inn. — Beach, and River. — Uncommonly heaiitiful Scene. 

 — Tra^e of Barmouth. 



The road from Harlech to Barmouth (ten miles) 

 is even and good ; but lying over a flat and dif- 

 agreeable country, it is beyond meafiire dull and 

 uninterefting. At a diflance towards the fea there 

 are nothing but turfy bogs and fait marfhes ; and, 

 on the other fide, the mountains are low and (tony, 

 and in every refpe£t devoid of pi6:urefque beauty. 



In a field by the road-fide, near Llaribedir, I 

 cbferved two upright (tones ftanding near each 

 other, the one ten, and the other about fix feet in 

 height. Thefe were v/ithout infcriptionsj and are 

 what the Welfh call Meini Gwyr, " the flones of 

 the heroes ;'* or the funeral monuments of cele- 

 brated warriors flain in battle. 



A few hundred yards beyond the fifth mite flone^ 

 and at a little diflance dn the left of the road, 

 two cromlechs were pointed out to me. Thefe were 

 very near each other, and placed on barrows, of 



e ^ heaps 



