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" and more till the heat became fo power- 

 " ful, as to attract the mitts from the vari- 

 " ous lakes, which in a flight degree, ob- 

 " fcured the profpecl:. The (hadow of the 

 " mountain was flung many miles, and 

 " mewed it's bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa 

 " making one, Crib y Diftill the other 

 " head. I counted this time between 

 " twenty and thirty lakes, either in this 

 " county or Merionethihire. The day 

 " proved fo exceffively hot, that the jour- 

 " ney coft me the fkin of the lower part 

 " of my face, before I reached the refting 

 " place, after the fatigue of the morning." 

 At another time, when this gentleman 

 was on Snowdon, he fays, " A vaft mift 

 " enveloped the whole circuit of the 

 " mountain. The profpecl: down was 

 " horrible. It gave an idea of numbers 

 " of abyfles, concealed by a thick fmoke 

 " furioufly circulating around us; very 

 " often a guft of wind formed an opening 



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