420 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



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wind. Bifhop Gibfon has conjectured, that 

 it might have proceeded from the cor- 

 rupted bodies of a quantity of locufts, which 

 came into this kingdom about that time, 

 but from the coldnefs of the climate were 

 deftroyed. He fays, that a conliderable 

 quantity of them were feen lying dead 

 about the fhores of Aberdaron, in Caer- 

 narvonfhire.* 



The public houfe at Harlech, for fuch 

 it can only be denominated, is kept by a 

 civil man, called Amoyl. The provifions 

 were indeed plain, but the beds, (only two, 

 and thofe in the fame room) confidering 

 the fmallnefs of the houfe and the obfcurity 

 of it's fituation, clean and comfortable. 

 A guide may be had from this place, who 

 will conducl: the traveller either amongft 

 the mountains, or over the fands to Bedd- 

 gelert. 



* Gibfon's Additions to Camden's Britannia, (in 

 Svhich Jones's Letter is copied,) p. 659. 



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