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and corn fields, which extended nearly to 

 the water. Beyond Llandulas, the dark 

 village, the road winds round a huge lime- 

 ftone rock, called Penmaen Rhos. 



Mr. Pennant * conjectures that it was in 

 fome of the deep bottoms of this neigh- 

 bourhood that Richard II. was furprized by 

 a band of armed ruffians, placed there by 

 the Earl of Northumberland, for the pur- 

 pofe of betraying him into the hands of 

 Bolingbroke at Flint. 



I was wandering leifurely along this road, 

 when on a fudden, a moft magnificent 

 landfcape burfl upon the light. The fine 

 old town of Conwy, with its gloomy walls 

 and towers, appeared, with the wide river 

 in front, and backed by the vaft Caernar- 

 vonmire mountains. 



The River Conwy, the Conovius of An- 

 toninus, runs on this, the eaft fide of the 



* Tour, II. 334- 



tov/n. 



