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more circuitous. We therefore proceeded 

 to the village of Llanddiniolen ; about half 

 a mile fouth-eafl of which, my companion 

 pointed out to me, upon a conliderable emi- 

 nence, the remains of an antient encamp- 

 ment, called Dinas Dinorddwig. Here is 

 a large area, which has been furrounded by 

 a double ditch and ramparts, but the other 

 remains are very inconfiderable. 



We paffed fome very extenfive ilate quar- 

 ries in the mountains, belonging to Lord 

 Penrhyn, and entered the romantic vale of 

 Nant Frangon,* or the beaver's hollow. 

 This tremendous glen is deftitute of wood, 

 and even of cultivation, except the narrow 

 flip of meadow which lays along it's bot- 

 tom. The fides, which are truly, 



Huge hills, that heap'd in crowded order {land, 



* Properly Nant yr Afangcwn. Beaver's have 

 been feen here within the memory of man. See 

 Owen's Dictionary. For the account of their having 

 been formerly common in this country, fee Llyn yr 

 Afange near Llanydloes, in vol. II, 



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