A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 209 



Idwal. This hollow, furrounded on all 

 lides by black and prominent rocks, is 

 called Cwm Idwal, on account of it's 

 having been the place where Nefydd Hardd, 

 for fome reafon, not known, caufed his 

 fon Dunawt to murder Idwal, the fon of 

 Owen Gwynedd, a young prince, who 

 had been entrufted to his care and pro- 

 tection.* It is a fit place to infpire mur- 

 derous thoughts * The fhepherds believe, 

 it to be the haunt of daemons, and that 

 no bird dare fly over it's damned water, 

 fatal as that of Avernus. Knowing thefe 

 facts, and {landing on the brink of the 

 gloomy vale, I could almoft have per- 

 fuaded myfelf that I had feen 

 & 



The {heet fpe&re rifing from the gloom, 

 Point at the murderer's ftab, and fhudder by. 



* See an account of the Fifteen Tribes of North 

 Wales in the Cambrian Regifter, I. p. 149, 



VOL. i. P I de- 



