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Ffeftiniog is fituated at the head of Cwm 

 Maentwrog, the vale of Maentwrog, (im- 

 properly called the vale of Ffeftiniog) down 

 which we went leifurely, enjoying all the 

 way the moft fublime pleafure, in con- 

 templating the beauties of the fcene before 

 us. There are few vales in this country, 

 X that afford fuch lovely profpe<5ls as this. 

 Many of the high mountains bounding it's 

 fides, are fhaded with lofty oaks, and the 

 filver Dwyryd ferpentizes placidly and 

 filently along the bottom, amidft the rich- 

 eft cultivation. The fea, at a diftance, 

 clofes the view ; and Traeth bach, a wide 

 arm from it, is feen to receive the Dwy- 

 ryd, a little below Tan-y-bwlch Hall, 

 which is fituated on a rifing ground, and 

 embowered in woods, at the north-weft 

 extremity of the vale. The little village 

 of Maentwrog, from whence it takes it's 

 name, is feated nearly in the middle of it. 



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