dolgelle to machynlleth. 4i 



The Pool of the Three Pebbles, 



This is a fmall pool on the left of the I'oad about 

 five miles from Dolgeile. The V\relfh call it Llyn 

 Trigra'inwyn. It has its name from the three huge 

 fragments of rock that are feen by its fide, which 

 the traditions of the peafantry aflfert to have been 

 what the giant Idris called three pebbles. This huge 

 man, from whom the adjacent mountain had its 

 name, was one day walking round his pofleflions 

 in thefe mountains, when, fays tradition, he found 

 fomething had fallen into his (hoe that began to 

 hurt his foot. He pulled it off, and threw out 

 thefe three pebbles, after which he experienced no 

 further inconvenience ! One of thefe pebbles is about 

 four and twenty feet long, eighteen broad, and 

 twelve high.— So much for tradition ! 



The pool is believed to be bottomlefs ; but, 

 though this is not the cafe, its depth for fo fmall 

 a furface of water is uncommonly great, being, as 

 I was told, upwards of fifty fathoms. 



I had not got far beyond this pool, when I 

 found the profpedt become fomewhat interefting. 

 A pleafmg vale now prefented itfelf, which inclofes 

 a pool about a mile in length, called Llyn Mwyngil, 

 The Lake of the Pleafant Retreat. This is bounded 

 by hills. 



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