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and is encircled by a perpendicular ridge, which at 

 once feeds and confines its everlasting waters. 

 The other lakes being higher, there is here no pros- 

 pect, except in the direction of Ystrad Fflur. The 

 rocks and stones with which the soil is encumbered, 

 without any relief of wood, or kindly vegetation, 

 render the whole aspect of the mountain uncouth 

 and repulsive. This cheerless appearance, however, 

 is amply compensated to the angler by the excel- 

 lent sport the pools afford. On leaving Llyn Teivi, 

 a walk of a few minutes will bring you to the 

 summit of the mountain, and at once in view of 

 four more lakes, each within a few yards of the 

 other. The largest cannot be less in circum- 

 ference than Llyn Teivi, and is much less formal 

 in its shape, being narrower in the middle. The 

 smallest, occupying the highest ground, is circular, 

 and in appearance resembles a volcanic crater. It is 

 about three quarters of a mile in size. These, accord- 

 ing to the peasantry, have also never been fathomed. 

 Their effect is considerably heightened by the strong 

 degree of agitation to which they are subjected by 

 their exposure ; and the scene, though totally deso- 

 late, is not deficient in grandeur. The sixth lake is 

 some little way off; and there is a seventh, between 

 Pentre Rhydvendiged and Castle Irvon, called Llyn 

 Vathey Cringlas. This last, a mile in circumference, 

 is of a beautiful oblong form, and occupies the 

 ground where the town of Tregarron is said formerly 

 to have stood. All the Teivi pools are much fre- 

 quented by wild fowl, and a gun should form part of 



