1 86 corwen to bala. 



Waterfall of Cynwyd. 



At the village of Cynwyd, The Source of M if chief, 

 (probably fo called in confequence of the courts 

 which formerly were held there by the great men 

 of the neighbourhood, to fettle the boundaries of 

 the adjacent commons, and to take cognizance of 

 encroachments *,) I left the road about half a mile, 

 and proceeded along a deep glen that led me to 

 Rhaiadr Cynwyd, The Waterfall of Cynvjyd. The 

 water dafhed from precipice to precipice, among the 

 wood and rocks, in the wildefl and mofl romantic 

 manner imaginable. The fcene was fo varied from the 

 confufion of the water foaming in every direction, 

 and partly hidden by the fhrubs and trees growing 

 on the ledges of the rocks, that the pen cannot 

 defcribe it with juflice, and even the efforts of 

 the pencil could only give a faint conception of 

 its elegance. Many detached parts of it afford 

 excellent ftudies to the admirers of piclurefque 

 beauty. 



I refumed my journey, paiTcd Llandrillo, The 

 Church of St. Trillo I and afterwards crofling the 

 river, arrived at Llanderfel, another fmall village, 

 whofe church is dedicated to a Britifh faint, called 



* Pennant, li. 72. 



Derfel 



