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the Menai ; and the remainder has the ap- 

 pearance of having the infulation completed 

 by art. 



From a heap of rubbim, near the end of 

 the court oppofite to the Eagle Tower, 

 there is an echo which repeats feveral fyl- 



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lables moft diftindtly. There is^tlfo a 

 iingle reverberation, and it appeared to pro- 

 ceed from fome part of that tower. 



This caftle, from whatever point, or at 

 whatever diftance it is viewed, has a ro- 

 mantic fmgularity, and an air of dignity 

 that commands an awe, and at the fame 

 time pleafes the beholder. It's ivy-clad 

 walls appear in fome parts to be going faft 

 to decay, while in others they even yet re- 

 tain their antient form. 



When one confiders that it has withftood 

 the (hocks of more than five hundred win- 

 ters, one almoft wonders that it has flood 

 fo long; for wha^t is there that does not 

 fade ? 



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