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CHAP. XVIII. 

 RuTPiiN TO Llangollen. 



^he Vah of Cruets. — The Pillar of Eltfeg. — Valle Cruets Abhej. 

 Singular Eyiplanat'ion of an Infcr'ipl'ion. — Llangollen. — Llangollen 

 Bridge and Church. — Plus Neivydd, the Stai of Lady Eleanor 

 Butler and Mifs Ponfonhy. — Cafiell Dinas Bran. — Craig Eglzvy- 

 feg. — Hijlory of Cafiell Dinas Bran. - Myfaniuy Vechan. — Ex' 

 eurfion round the Vale of Llangollen. — Aquedud near Font y 

 Cyjfyllte. — Views, — The Inn at Llangollen. 



I LEFT Ruthin early in the morning. The clouds 

 began to collecl, and a drizzly rain came on, which 

 lafted without intermiffion till 1 arrived within four 

 miles of Llangollen. I thus lofl feveral probably 

 fine views from the high mountains that form the 

 eaftern barrier of the vale of Clwyd, over which the 

 road winds. During the greated part of this jour- 

 ney I was fo enveloped in clouds and milt, that I 

 could not, literally, difceni obje<5ls that were twenty 

 yards diftant from me. 



Vale of Cr-ucis. 



About ten miles from Ruthin I defcended into 

 this, one of the mofl charmingly fecluded vales that 

 our kingdom can boaft, furrounded by high moun- 

 tains, 



