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one of that immenfe range of mountains which ex. 

 tend fifteen or fixteen miles, and are called Berwyii 

 Mountains. The two moll elevated fummits are 

 Cader Ferwyn, and Cader Fronwen. — I arrived at a 

 noted bwlch, or pafs, which divides the counties of 

 Merioneth and Montgomery, called Milltir Gerig, 

 The Stony Mile* 



Llangynog. 



I had now a view into the curious and romantic 

 •vale of Llangynog^ a hollow fo completely inclofed on 

 all fides by mountain barriers, as apparently to afford 

 no outlet to the refidents in its bofom. The moun- 

 tains feemed in many places nearly perpendicular, 

 and their cliffs too fteep to be fcaled by any other 

 than thofe moft active of all Britifh animals, the fheep 

 and goats. Thefe I obferved browfmg along the 

 fides with the utmofl unconcern. The bottom was 

 entirely in a flate of cultivation, but principally as 

 meadow land : it was interfperfed with the houfes of 

 the farmers and their labourers. 



A tolerably good road took me from the edge of 

 ithis vale, by a defcent, fomewhat fteep, firft into the 

 'hollow, and then to the fmall and comfortlefs village 

 of Llangynog, The Church of St. Cwiog. 



Slate Quarries. 



From a flupendous rock, which rifes on the north 

 fide of the village, are obtained thofe flates for which 



this 



