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dach, muft be extremely gratifying to an 

 admirer of nature. The river, however, 

 is diminifhed fo much in width and depth 

 within the laft mile, as not to admit even 

 of a pleafure boat coming up to Dolgelle, 

 and the company are on that account, 

 obliged ta land about three quarters of a 

 mile from the place, and walk up to the 

 town. 



Dolgelle, the holme of the groves, is a 

 market town of fome confequence, feated 

 in a wide and fertile vale, between the 

 rivers Arran and Mawddach, and fur- 

 rounded on all fides with high, and in 

 many parts wooded mountains. The ftreets 

 are irregular, and the houfes in general ill 

 built. The church is a neat ftru&ure, 

 having in it an antient monument of Meiric 

 Vychan ap Ynyr Vychan, an anceftor of 

 the prefent family of the Vaughans of 

 Nanney, near Dol^lle, 



Dr, 



