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mile and a half from us, and from it's great 



elevation appearing but little more than 



half a mile diftant. I was fo much cheered 



with the light, that I proceeded from hence 



with a degree of fpirit and alacrity that I 



certainly mould not have enjoyed, had it 



not been from the remembrance of the 



dangers we had pafled, and the knowledge 



that thefe were at an end. This circum- 



fiance reminded me, very forcibly, of the 



jftory of the Pedlar, who in order to have 



fome relief from the conftant and weari- 



fome burthen of his pack, hit upon the 



odd expedient of tying a large flone upon 



it. This, when he became much fatigued, 



he threw off, and found then the lightnefs 



of his burthen, when compared to the 



double weight before, anfwered every pur- 



pofe he wanted. It was exactly thus with 



me, for after all the fagging work, I had 



juft had to get up Clogwyn du'r Arddu, I 



found afcending to the fummit of Snowdon 



quite 



