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" Cwms or hollows ; each, excepting one, 

 " had one or more lakes lodged in it's dif- 

 " tant bottom. The neareft was Ffyn* 

 " non Lias, or the Green well, lying imme- 

 " diately below us. One of the company 

 " had the curiofity to defcend a very bad 

 ' way to a jutting rock, that impended 

 " over the monftrous precipice; and he 

 " feemed like Mercury ready to take his 

 " flight from the fummit of Atlas. The 

 " waters of Ffynon Lias, from this height, 

 " appeared black and unfathomable, and 

 " the edges quite green. From thence is 

 ** a fucceffion of bottoms, furrounded by 

 " the moft lofty and rugged hills, the 

 " greateft part of whofe fides are quite 

 " mural, and form the moft magnificent 

 * c amphitheatre in nature. The Wyddfa 

 " is on one fide; Crib y Bijlill,* with it's 



" ferrated 



* This rock is called alfo Crib y Ddifcil. The 

 hollow betwixt this and Crib Coch is called Bwlch 



y Saethau, 



