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CHAP. IV. 



Barmouth to Dolgelle. 



The River MaivdJach. — Beauhful Scenery. — Dolgelle. — IFhtmficai 

 Defcrlptlon of Dolgelle. — Fuller's Enlgmat'ual Djfcrlpt'ton. — 

 Trade. — Inn. — Fortified hi the Reign of Charles I.'— Account of 

 Places zvorth vifiting in the Neighbourhood of Dolgelle. 



I HAD already been highly gratified in my ramble 

 along the beach for about a mile and a half from 

 Barrnouth; and, in my walk to Dolgelle, I retraced 

 my fleps with additional pleafure. The Mawddach, 

 ufually called Avon Vawr, The Great River, forms 

 in this place a wide arm of the fea. It was now 

 high water, and from the whole bed of the river 

 being filled, the various fcenes that prefented them- 

 felves for fom.e miles were truly pifturefque. The 

 two firfl miles, at the end of which I was compelled 

 to leave the ,bank of the river, and proceed along 

 the road, were, however, more interefling than any 

 other part of the journey. In the compofition of 

 the views, fcarcely any thing appeared wanting : 

 there v/as every requilite of a fine landfcape, moun- 

 tain and vale, v/ood, water, meadov/s, and rocks, 

 arranged in beautiful order. The numerous heaps 

 of peat fpread along the green bottom, were the 



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