A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. *63 



But when I had pafTed thefe, and was 

 arrived in the vale of Llanberis,* the 

 fcene which prefented itfelf was fo truly 

 grand that I do not recollect one equal to 

 it, even in the moft romantic parts of 

 Weftmoreland or Cumberland. It re- 

 minded me moft ftrongly of the fcenery 

 about Ulfwater ; but this, though much 

 lefs extenlive, is ftill more picturefque. 

 The bold and prominent rocks which af- 

 cend almof^ immediately from the edges 

 of the lakes, and tower into the fky, caft 

 a pleafing gloom upon the whole land- 

 fcape. The more diftant mountains of 

 the vale embofoming the mofs-grown vil- 

 lage, with the meadowy flat around it, 

 are feen retiring in lines crofling each other 

 behind in the moft picturefque manner 

 pomble, whilft the intermediate fpace, 



* This vale is alfo called Nant Beris, the hollow 

 >f Peris. 



N 4 betwixt 



