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CHAP. VII. 



Machynlleth to Llanydloes. 



Jccouni of the Mountain f]ynVmimon,~The Source of the Severn. — • 

 Cataracl. - Llanydlocs. 



The diflance from Machynlleth to Llanydloes is 

 about twenty mileSj and the road lies over a feries 

 of dreary and barren moors. The mountains here 

 have no one character of beauty, and during my 

 whole walk I fcarcely faw a fmgle tree. The only 

 pleafmg objeds v/ere a few patches of corn, fpa- 

 ringly fcattered in different parts of the adjacent 

 bottoms. — I had proceeded about five miles, when 

 I arrived at the foot of a lofty hill, along which the 

 road continues on an afcent for near three miles. 

 From the top I had an ample view of all the 

 country around me ; but its beauties were very few, 

 it feemed little more than one difmal ^valle of hill 

 and vale. 



Proceeding on my journey, the Montgomeryfliire 

 mountain 



Plynlimmon 



Became vilible at the diflance of four or five miles 

 on the right. Its name appears to have been derived 



from 



