438 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



I left Barmouth, and proceeded along 

 the bank of the Mawddach, ufually called 

 Avon Vawr, the great river, towards Dol- 

 gelle. It was now high water, and the 

 whole bed of the river being filled, made the 

 different landfcapes the fcene afforded truly 

 picturelque. The firft two miles, which 

 lay along what the inhabitants of Bar- 

 mouth call the beach, formed by much 

 the moft interefting part of the journey. 

 In the compofition of the views, fcarcely 

 any thing appeared wanting : here was 

 every requilite of mountain and vale, wood, 

 water, meadows, and rocks, arranged in 

 beautiful order. The numerous heaps of 

 peat fpread along the green bottom, were 

 certainly unpleafant objects in the fcene, 

 but thefe were eafily overlooked, when 

 every thing elfe was fo beautiful. Beyond 

 the beach the road winds at a little diftance 

 from the river, amongft the low mountains, 

 from different places in which I frequently 



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