Jf TOUR HOUND NORTH WALES. 42S. 



of the arrow,* towers, the blackeft of the 

 vale. I retted myfelf for a while on a 

 rock, above the pool, from whence I could 

 at eafe obferve, and enjoy the rugged 

 beauties of this romantic hollow. From 

 hence the landfcape extended in all it's 

 magnificence : the vale was feen embo- 

 fomed in ftupendous rocks, black and bar- 

 ren, and enlivened only by the patches of 

 meagre vegetation, lodged on their fhelving 

 precipices. 



We defcended into the hollow, and 

 wandered along the bottom, till we came 

 to the manfion (a true fpecimen of an an- 

 tient feat of a Welfh gentleman) lately 

 occupied by Mr. Evan Lloyd, a perfon 

 mentioned with much refpect in Mr. Pen- 

 nant's Tour.-f He was able to trace his 



* Probably the antient fportfmen took here their 

 flation to watch the palling deer, which formerly 

 abounded in thefe parts. 



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