BALA TO SHREWSBURY. 20^ 



the mafs of rock, through which it feems by time % 

 have forced a paiTage, and it is faid to burfl tlirough 

 it with a vaft quantity of fpray, appearing like fmoke 

 from the explofion of a cannon. — I was tokl |hat 

 the late worthy vicar of Llanrhaiadr, Dr. Worthing- 

 ton, with a view of gratifying the curious, had a 

 pair of flood-gates fixed on the ftream, abov^ the 

 catarafl;, occalionally to obflrUcl the paflage of the 

 water : when a fufficient quantity had been colieded 

 behind them, they were fuddenly thrown open, and 

 the rufhing down of the flood is faid to have afforded 

 one of the grandefl: fpedacles imaginable. — This 

 gentleman alfo erected a fmall building at the foot 

 of the rock for the accommodation of vifitors, which 

 is found very convenient to thofe who biing refrefli- 

 ments along with them. 



On my return from the cataraft, I left Llanrhaiadr, 

 and proceeded along the road which leads through 

 part of the vale of Llangedwen. I pafled Llanged- 

 wen hall, a handfome fl:o;ie edifice, the property of 

 fir Watkin Williams Wynne. This place was a 

 favourite refidence of the late baronet, but it is fel- 

 dom vifited by the prefent owner. 



I noy/ arrived once again at Llanjtnynech. Be- 

 twixt this village and Shrewfbury I had fo much 

 rain, as to render the journey in every refpe£t dreary 

 and uncomfortable. Through the thicknefs of the 

 milt I could but juft difcern the Breiddin Hills^ at 

 the diitance of a fev/ miles on the right : their fum- 

 mits were perfectly obfcured in clouds, 



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