175 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



" er vehemence of tone and geilure, which 



(s often fwells into a bellowing, as grating 



" to the ear as the attendant distortions 



" are difgufting to the fight of a rational 



" man. In the early part he is accompa- 



<( nied only by lighs and occaiional moans* 



" with here and there a note of approbation ; 



" which after a while are fucceeded by 



" whinings and exclamations; till, at 



" length one among the crowd, wrought 



" up to a pitch of ecftacy, which it is fup- 



" pofcd will permit no longer to be fup- 



" prefled, (tarts and commences the jump- 



" ing; ufing at intervals fome expreflions 



" of praife or of triumph* The word 



" moft generally adopted is <( gogomant"* 



" (S^ or y*) Between thefe exclamations, 



" while labouring with the fubjecl:, is emit- 



" ted from the throat a harm undulating 



* Thefe preachings are altogether in the Welfh 

 language. 



" found, 



