246 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



I was much pleafed with this part of my 

 ramble, for I love 



thefe lonely regions, where, retired 

 From little fcenes of art, great Nature dwells 

 In awful folitude. 



The latter part of the excursion, along 

 the (ides of the mountains, was rather un- 

 pleafant. The ftones I had to traverfe for 

 above a mile were fo fmall and loofe, as 

 at every Hep to give way, rendering the 

 walking not only tirefome but fometimes 

 very dangerous. The fcenery was wild, 

 but little interefting. The hollow beneath, 

 hemmed in by the gloomy mountains 

 around, was from fome points of view ra- 

 ther grand, but this fell far fhort of what I 

 had paffed. Wandering along this dreary 

 fcene I fometimes heard, fweetly mellowed 

 by the diftance, 



The wildly winding brook 



Fall hoarfe from fteep to fteep. 



The 



