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is clear and unruffled, the ruins of these ancient 

 dwellings scattered over its rocky bed. 



The other lakes are, 



PWLL BIVERY, a few miles from Capel Callwen. 



LLYN VAWR, about six miles from Devynnock. 



RADNORSHIRE. 



Oh, sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer through the woods, 



How often has my spirit turn'd to thee ! 



Once again I see these hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows, 



Little lines of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral forms 



Green to the very door ; and wreath's of smoke 



Sent up in silence from among the trees ! 



With some uncertain notice, as might seem, 



Of vagrant dwellers in the houseless woods, 



Or of some hermit's cave, where by his fire' 



The hermit sits alone. WORDSWORTH. 



The principal rivers are the Wye, with some of 

 its tributaries, the Teme, the Ithon, the Eddwy, the 

 Cynaron, the Bachwy, the Arrow, the Lug, the 

 Endwell, the Clarwen, Weyhill Brook, the Gwythel, 

 the Elain, &c. 



THE WYE. 



The romantic and rapid Wye, whose scenery has 

 been so frequently the subject of both pen and 

 pencil, rises on the southern side of Plinlimmon 

 Mountain in Montgomeryshire, about a mile from 



