332 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



The road through Nant Frangon, by 

 Capel Curig to Llanrwft, was, till very 

 lately, nothing more than a horfe path, 

 and I underftand, one of the worft in the 

 country ; but Lord Penrhyn, who, for his 

 liberality and public fpirit, is certainly en^- 

 titled to the warmeft thanks of his coun- 

 try, a little time ago began, (as I have 

 been informed) at his own expence, to 

 form this into a tolerably good carriage 

 road from Bangor, by his ilate quarries, 

 and through Nant Frangon to Capel Curig, 

 from whence Lord Gwydir means to con- 

 tinue it to meet the Shrewsbury road, be- 

 twixt Llanrwft and Capel Voelas, leaving 

 Llanrwft a mile or two on the north. 

 The regular ftages, when this is finimed, 

 will be Corwen, Cyrniogen, Capel Curig, an 

 inn which Lord Penrhyn intends to builc^ 

 near his flate quarries, and Bangor ferry. 



It is fomewhat iingular, that this road 

 will lie entirely along the valleys, except 



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