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ducement to return for Hielter. In the greatefl 

 misfortunes we are generally able to find fome ob- 

 jed on which we can reil with fatisfadion : it foon 

 occurred to me that the drenching of my clothes 

 would be amply compenfated by the increafed vo- 

 lume of water at the cataradt of Pijiyll Rha'uidr^ 

 which I intended to vifit in the morning. The idea 

 of this gave me fo much pleafure, that when I be- 

 came fairly wet to the fkin, I was altogether care- 

 lefs as to perfonal comfort j and now the fafter and 

 more heavily the rain defcended, the better a great 

 deal I was pleafed v/ith it. 



Llanrhaiadr, 



In this flate it was that, after about two hours 

 flippery walking, and my clothes dripping with wet, 

 I arrived at Llanrhaiadr, The Village of the Catara6i, 

 fituated, like Llangynog, in a deep hollow, fur- 

 rounded on all fides by mountains, whofe fummits 

 were now entirely obfcured by clouds. This hollow 

 is called Mochnant, The Vale of the rapid Brook. 

 The houfes, or rather cottages, of the village are 

 irregular j but, as moft of them were old and over- 

 grown with vegetation, it had from many points of 

 view an appearance highly pidurefque. 



I found very tolerable accommodations, even for 

 the night, at the Coach and Horfes, an inn, or rather 

 public-houfe, whofe exterior does not befpeak the 

 good opinion of the traveller. 



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