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fell at Caernarvon, where they in general 

 receive about fixpenee for each horfe load. 

 In thefe journies, I have almoft always ob- 

 ferved that the women employ themfelves 

 in knitting, which makes fome fmall addi- 

 tion to their miferable and hard-earned 

 pittance. 



There is no carriage road from Caer- 

 narvon nearer to Llanberis than the bottom 

 of the lower lake, which is not quite half 

 way; the road from thence being nothing 

 more than a horfe path, and one of the worft 

 I ever faw. The beft mode for thofe who 

 are not able to walk fo far, is to go on 

 horfeback or in carriages, as far as the lake, 

 from whence they may be conveyed, in 

 boats, to the waterfall, the old caftle, or 

 the village. I found every part about this 

 romantic fpot fo extremely interefling that 

 I moft flrenuoufly advife all perfons who 

 vifit Caernarvon, to prolong their rout by 

 coming here. There are no difficulties 



encoun- 



