228 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALKS, 



" gullies on the fides of the mountains, 

 " were now fwelled into torrents; and we 

 " and our fleeds pafTed with the utmoft 

 " rifque of being fwept away by thefe fud- 

 " den waters. At length we arrived fafe, 

 " yet fufficiently wet, and weary, to our 

 " former quarters." 



" The {lone that compofes this, and in- 

 " deed the greateft part of Snowdonia, is 

 " exceffively hard. Large coarfe cryflals 

 " are often found in the fifTures, and very 

 " frequently cubic piritce, the ufual atten- 

 ** dants on alpine traces. Thefe are alfo 

 " frequented by the rock ouzel, a moun- 

 " tainous bird, and fome of the lakes are 

 *' flocked with char and gwyniads, alpine 

 " fim." The chief wild animals of thefe 

 regions are foxes. 



The following lines, from the Gentle- 

 man's Magazine, * on this mountain, are fo 



Written by Mifs Locke. 



energetic 



