134 THE YSTWITH. RHEIDOL. MYNACH. 



this and the Ystwith, the next river for our consi- 

 deration. 



THE YSTWITH 



Rises in the mountains, about three miles from 

 Llangibby, on the Wye, and falls into the Rheidol at 

 Aberystwith. It is a beautiful river for angling, 

 and receives in its course to the sea upwards of 

 twenty-three tributary streams. 



THE RHEIDOL 



Rises in a lake called Llyn Rheidol, in the Plin- 

 limmon Mountains, and flows into the sea at 

 Aberyst. The falls of the Rheidol are deservedly 

 celebrated. The basin into which the river pre- 

 cipitates itself is agitated like a sea by the violence 

 of the shock : the rocks that have planted themselves 

 across its channel are of enormous size ; the hue of 

 the waters is dark, while the surrounding cliffs rise 

 perpendicularly many hundred feet above the gazer's 

 head ; nothing glitters through the gloom but the 

 foam of the torrent ; nothing invades the deep 

 silence but its sound. Opposite to this stupendous 

 object, on a precipice of forests, at the height of 

 more than a hundred and fifty yards, stands the inn 

 called the Hafod Arms. The Rheidol soon afterwards 

 meets with the Mynach, but the cascades on the 

 two rivers are not within sight of each other. 



THE MYNACH, 



Or " Monk's River," rises on the east side of the 

 mountains east of Spythy Ce'n vaen. The first fall 



