CARMARTHEN LAKES. 103 



LLANTHOYSAINT, six miles from Llangadock. 

 This place is beautifully situated on the confines 

 of Brecknockshire ; from which it is separated by 

 a chain of hills called the Black Mountain, 

 that portion of which, within this parish, forms the 

 loftiest elevation in the county. It is situated on 

 the river Swadde. 



LLANGATHEN, eleven miles from Carmarthen, on 

 the Towy. 



MAESCWDIN INN, three miles from Llangattock, 

 on the Towy. 



CAPEL PILIN, eight miles from Llandovery, on 

 the Towy. 



EGGLWYSVAIR, four miles from Llarne, on the 

 Taf. 



PUMSANT, six miles S.E. of Lampeter, on the 

 Cothy, A good angling station. 



LAKES OF CARMARTHENSHIRE. 



In a hollow at the base of the highest pinnacle 

 of the Black Mountain, called the Van or Beacon, 

 is Llyn Van, a fine lake of beautifully transparent 

 water, in the form of a parallelogram, nearly a 

 mile in length, and about ninety-six feet in depth. 

 The sombre aspect of the dark red precipitous rocks 

 that form the eastern boundary of this extensive 

 sheet of water, and the general air of sterility 

 which characterises all the surrounding objects, are 

 finely contrasted with the high state of cultivation 

 which embellishes the lower grounds of its vicinity. 



