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** find their way among them. Thefe 

 " mountains may truly be called the Bri- 

 " tim Alps j for befides that they are the 

 *' higheft in the whole ifland, they are 

 " like the Alps, befpread with broken 

 *' crags on every fide, all furrpunding 

 *' one, which towering far above the reft 

 " in the centre, lifts it's head fo loftily as 

 " if it meant not only to threaten, but to 

 " thruft it into the iky." 



Near the end of the lower lake at Llan- 

 beris, there formerly lived a celebrated 

 perfonage, called Margaret ucb Evan, 

 who died a few years fince at the great 

 age of about 105, me was the laft fpe- 

 cimen of the ftrength and fpirit of the 

 antient Britiih fair. " This extraordi- 

 " nary female was the greateft hunter, 

 " fhooter, and fifher of her time; me 

 *' kept a dozen at leaft of dogs, terriers, 

 " greyhounds, and ipaniels, all excellent 

 " in their kinds. She killed more foxes 



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