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lituation, and furrounded by a circle of 

 ftones, having in the centre, a large one, 

 by which the prefiding bard, or Druid 

 flood. There was no relic whatever left 

 of the middle ftone. This kind of circle 

 was called Cylch Cyngrair, or the circle of 

 congrefs. At thefe meetings, candidates 

 were admitted to the different degrees of 

 Bardifm, and on thefe occafions, it was, 

 that all the oral Bardic poems and tradi- 

 tions were recited, and their laws fettled. 

 During thefe ceremonies, all the Bards 

 Hood within the circle, their heads and 

 feet bare, and clad in their uni-coloured 

 robes. 



Cwm Bychan is a grafly dell, about 

 half a mile in length, furrounded with the 

 moft black and dreary fcenery imaginable. 

 On the right of the entrance into it, is a 

 fmall pool, called Llyn y Cwm Bychan, 

 from whofe edge Carreg y Saeth, the rock 



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