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trom Pen Lummon, The Su??wiit of the Beacon, from 

 its being fo much higher than all the furrounding 

 hills. This fuppofition is aided by the circumftance 

 of its being of the utmofl ufe to the peafantry of 

 the adjacent countr)', even when the ground is 

 covered with fnow, as a knov/n mark by which they 

 are enabled to fleer their courfe *. — From the va- 

 rious accounts that had reached me refpefting this 

 mountain, there did not appear any probable com- 

 penfation for my trouble in going fo far out of my 

 road to afcend its fummit, I therefore continued my 

 route, and only pafled it at a diflance. — The adjacent 

 mountains being all low, render Plynhmmon much 

 higher in appearance than it really is : from this, 

 and its giving birth to three noted rivers, the Severn, 

 the Wye, and the Rhydol, it feems not improbable 

 that it originally obtained its celebrity. In perpen- 

 dicular height it is far exceeded by Snowdon, Cader 

 Idris, and many other mountains of the principality^ 



The Head of the Severn. 



The manufcript journal of a very inteUigent friend 

 has furnilhed me with the following fhort account of 



• The following are conjectures by Mr. Lewis Morris refped^- 

 ing the derivation of Plynlimmon. — From Plymniuydd a battle, 

 znd Lluman a ftandard or banner: thus making Plymnlluman, 

 Or elfe from Blaen a corner, or the convexity of a hill, and 

 Llymyjletii or Llumanes^ a kind of hawk : Blacn Llumanes, the 

 point where thefe hawks refted. Letter of Lewis Morris to 

 Dr. Ptiillips, depofited among the Plas Gwynn MSS. 



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