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CHAP. XIX. 



Llangollen to Corwen. 



The Fak of the Dee. — Llandvfmo Hall. — EMtetiftve PvofpeS. — 

 MeinoranJa of Owen Glyndivr. ~ Coriven. — Church. ~ tlSure.que 

 Scene. — Cefyn Creim. — Excurfion to Glynn Bridge. 



All the country betwixt Llangollen and Corwc^n 

 is exceedingly beautiful. The road, for about a mile, 

 extends along the pidurefque vale of Crucis, which, 

 through its whole length, is adorned with woods, 

 and in many places enlivened by neat little cottages 

 peeping from among the trees. — I had not paiTed 

 this vale far before I entered the valley of the 

 Dec, Glyn Dyfrdwy, celebrated as, fome centurie-s 

 ago, the property of the Welfh hero, Owen Giyn- 

 dwr. The mountains are high, and their features 

 bold and prominent. From the winding of the river, 

 and the turnings of the vale, almoit every ftep pre- 

 fented a new landfcape. 



I palTed Llandyfilio hall^ the family feat of the 

 Jones's, feated on a woody flat, near the oppofite 

 edge of the Dee. From its fituation in the bofom 

 of the mountains, it is fecluded from the world, but 

 there is fo much elegance around it, that it appeared 

 to m« a charming retreat. — This Tyfilio, to whom 



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