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CHAP. VL 



DoLGELLE TO MaCHYNLLETH. 



View of the Country around Dolgelle. — The Pool of the three Pebbles i 

 and Tradition refpeding the enormous Giant Idris. — The Blue 

 Lion, and Ediuard yones. — Jfcent to the Summit of Coder Idris. 

 Account of Idris. — Cafcades. — Llyn y Cae. — Profped from the 

 Summit of Coder Idris. — CataraU near the Blue Lion, — Machyn- 

 lleth. — Mr. y^i kin's Defcription of the Devil's Bridge, near Havod 

 in Cardiga/i/hire. 



From the road leading to Machynlleth, and at the 

 diftance of about two miles, the town of Dolgelle 

 is feen to greater advantage than from moft other 

 points of view. It appears in the midft of a vale 

 replete with paftoral beauty. The wide river Maw- 

 ddach in the diftance, reflects its filvery whitenefs 

 in the bofom of high and dreary mountains. The 

 intervening fpace exhibits luxuriant woods, mea^ 

 dows, and corn-fields, interfered by the river Wnion, 

 which ferpentizes along the vale. 



The road now pafles over high and fwampy moors, 

 and for fome miles the fcenery is wild, dreary, and 

 comfortlefs. The lofty Cader Idris, its fummit ob- 

 fcured in clouds, formed the entire boundary of thef© 

 wilds towards the fouth-weft. 



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