BARMOUTH TO DOLGELLE. 3! 



The beft i?7n is the Golden Lion, called likewife 

 Plas Ifa, The Lower Houfe, The provifions, except 

 the wane, I found good ; but the bed into which I 

 was put was intolerable. 



During the civil wars of the reign of Charles I., 

 about a hundred of the king's troops attempted to 

 raife a fortification about this town. Mr. Edward 

 Vaughan, however, at the head of a fmall party of 

 :he parliament's forces, attacked and routed them, 

 taking prifoners the captain and feveral of the men *. 



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The neighbourhood of Dolgelle affords many 

 interefting objeds to the tourifl. The fummit of 

 Cader Idr'is^ the celebrated Merionethfhire mountain, 

 is not much more than fix miles diflantf. A few 

 miles towards the north, and at a little diflance 

 from each other, are the three catarads Rhaiadr 

 £)i. The Tall of the Cain, and The Fall of the Mawd- 

 dach. Thefe will be defcribed in the next chapter. 

 To all thefe places guides may eafily be obtained at 

 Dolgelle." — The whole of the vale in which the town 

 is fituated is remarkable for its pifturefque fcenery, 

 and beautiful views. 



* Whitelock, p, (90. " 



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^ An account of Cader Idris will be found in cuap. vi. 



