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CHAP. xxr. 



Bala to Shrewsbury. 



Cajcade at Font Cyn'wyd. — Rh'ttoedog. — Trum y Sarn. — The Ber- 

 toyn Memnla'ms. — Llangynog. — Slate ^tarries. — Hazardous 

 Mode of conveying Slates from the Mountain Into the Vale. — Lead 

 Mines. — Llanrhaiadr. — The CataraB of Plftyll Rhatadr. — The 

 Vale of Langedivln. — Knochln. — Jlccount of the Jiugular DlfcO' 

 •Dcry of a Murderer. — Kynaflon^ s Cave In Nefs Cliff. — Montford 

 Bridge. — Shreivjhury. 



Leaving Bala, I turned my fleps towards England, 

 and occiipisd two days in the journey from hence to 

 Shrewfbury. Thefe, from fevere rain that fet in 

 when I had got about ten miles from Bala, and 

 Jailed with little intermifTion till I arrived at Shrewf- 

 bury, v/ere rendered two of the mofl: unpleafant 

 days I had fpent in the country. — At my outfet the 

 morning was, however, very ferene. The fun, in 

 exhaling the dews, gave a delightful air of frefhnefs 

 to all the furrounding objefts. The whole fcene 

 was enlivened by the mufic of the birds, whofe va- 

 rious tones and elegant (trains would have intercfled 

 lefs ardent admirers of the works of nature than 

 myfelf. Every thing feemed to partake of a general 

 fprightlinefs. The thrilling tones of the Iky-lark 

 were heard on every fide : the notes of the black- 

 bird echoed from among the diftant foliage, 



Whilft 



