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Bodfcallon, two elegant feats belonging to fir Thomas 

 Moftyn, bart. 



2. Excurfion along the Vale of Goniuy to Caer RkutiyOnd 

 the Waterfall^ about 8 Miles. —A niile from Conwy pafs the 

 village of KyfTui. — At 5 ' miles is Caer Rhuii, where there 

 are confiderable remains of the Cofjovium of the Romans. 

 In a mountain w'eil of the road, and vifible from thence, 

 13 miles beyond Caer Rhun, is the grandeft catara£l: per- 

 hips in Great Britain. It is near a bridge called Pont 

 Dolgarrog, under which its waters flow, and it is called 

 by the country people Rhaiadr Mawr. 



From Conway to Bangor Ferry, i6i Miles. 



About 3 miles from Conwy, defcend along the tremen- 

 dous hoilow of Sychnant ; and about 5 miles, pafs the 

 mountain Penmaen Mawr. — At 7 miles is the village of 

 Llanfair Vechan } and 9 miles, that of Aber. Near the 

 bridge at Aber there is a mound on which once fhood a 

 houfe belonging to the princes of Wales ; and, at the 

 diltance of about two miles, at the extremity of a hi^rhly 

 romantic vale, is a catara£t well worth vifiting. At Aber 

 there is a fmall, but comfortable inn.— 13 miles from 

 Conwy is the village of Llandygai. The church contains 

 a monument to the memory of archbilhop Williams.— 13^ 

 miles is Penrhyn caftle, the feat of lord Penrhyn. — 15 

 mil<rs is the city of Bangor ; — and i6j, Bangor Ferry. 

 At Bangor the cathedral is worth vifiting. 

 The inn at Bangor Ferry * is a very good one. 

 From Bangor Ferry a very pleafant excurjton may he made 

 to lord Penrhyn's Jlate quarries; the romantic vale called 

 Nant Frangon ; the waterfalls of Benglog ; Llyn Ogwen, 

 and Llyn Idwel. The whole route would be about 26 or 

 28 miles, but the greateft part of it may be performed in 



carriages. 



