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by the general name of Creigiau yr Eryril, 

 the fnowy cliffs* from the Britifli words 

 Craig a rock, and Eira fnow. The higher! 

 point is Yr Wyddfa, the confpicuoiis. All 

 the mountains that go under the above de- 

 nomination, lie in the county of Caernar- 

 von, for Leland,* who went over this 

 country in the reign of Henry VIII. under 

 the royal commirTion, fays, tf no part of 

 " Merionethmire lyeth in Crege Ery ; fa 

 ** that though that (hire be mountainous, 

 " yet is all Cregery in Caernarvonshire." 



Mr. Pennant's -f- defcription of this 

 mountain is fo extremely accurate and ex- 

 premve, that inftead of my own obferva- 

 tions, I will give that in his words. " The 

 " mountain from the fummit," fays this 

 gentleman, " feems propped by four but- 

 *' treffes; between which, are four deep 



* Itin. V. 40* t Tour inWalesII, 171. 172. 173. 



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