A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALE& M 



M in the clouds, which gave a fine and dife 

 c< tinct vifto of lake and valley* Some* 

 ** times they opened only in one place $ at 

 " others in many, at once exhibiting a 

 " moft ftrange and perplexing fight of 

 " water, fields, rocks, or chafms> in fifty 

 *' different places. They then clofed ill 

 " at once, and left us involved in dark- 

 " nefs; in a fmall fpace they would fepa- 

 " rate again, and flie in wild eddies round 

 " the middle of the mountains, and expofe 

 ** in parts, both tops and bafes* clear to 

 " our view. We defcended from this 

 " various fcene with great reluctance; but 

 '* before we reached our horfes, a thunder 

 " ftorm overtook us$ its rolling among 

 " the mountains was inexpreflibly awful ^ 

 *' the rain uncommonly heavy; we re- 

 " mounted our horfes, and gained the bot- 

 *' torn with great hazard. The little rills* 

 " which on our afcent, trickled along the 

 Qj2 " gullied 



