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prize, palled this horrid ridge without the 

 fmalleft figns of fear or trepidation. 



There is no danger whatever in crofting 

 Clawdd Coch in the day time, but I muft 

 confefs, that though I am one of the laft 

 to be' alarmed by paffing amongft preci- 

 pices, I mould, by no means, like to ven- 

 ture, as many do who have never feen it, 

 along this track in the night. If the moon 

 fhone very bright I mould not, to be fure, 

 mind it much, but a cloud coming fud- 

 denly over might even then render it dan- 

 gerous. There have been feveral inftances 

 of perfons who having patted over it in the 

 night, were fo terrified at feeing it the 

 next morning, that they have not dared to 

 return the fame way, but have gone a very 

 circuitous round by Bettws. I was in- 

 formed that one gentleman had been fo 

 much alarmed, that he crawled over it 

 back again upon his hands and knees. 



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