20S A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



the intervening fpace betwixt myfelf and 

 the fea, was filled up by the varied fcenery 

 of mountain and vale, plentifully inter- 

 iperfed with lakes and ftreams. 



At a little diftance, north- eaft of this 

 mountain, but with a deep hollow inter- 

 vening, is Glyder Bach, the lejjer Glyder, 

 of which Mr. Pennant * has given the 

 following fmgular account, " The area 

 " of the fummit was covered with groups 

 " of columnar ftones of vaft fize, from 

 " ten to thirty feet long, lying in all di- 

 *' rections ; moft of them were of co- 

 *< lumnar form, often piled on one an? 

 " other ; in other places, half creel:, flop- 

 '* ing down, and fupported by others, 

 " which lie, without any order, at their 

 " bafes. The tops are frequently crowned 

 " in the ftrangeft manner with other ftones 

 " lying on them horizontally. One was 



* Tour in Wales, II. 1 60. 



" about 



