444 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



CHAP, XXI. 



EXCURSION FROM POLGELLE TO THE WATER- 



FALLS. Y VANER, OR KEMMER ABBEY CAS- 



TELL CYMMER RHAIDR DU DISTANT FALL 

 RHAIDR Y MAWDDACH PISTYLL Y CAIN. 



HPHE three cataradrs, on account of 

 which Dolgelle is chiefly vifited by 

 the tourift, are Rhaiadr du, the black ca- 

 taraft ; Rhaiadr y Mawddach, the fall of 

 the river Mawddach -, and Piftyll y Cain, 

 the fall of the Cain. The former of thefe 

 is about five, and the other two about 

 eight miles from Dolgelle, and all of them 

 near the high road leading towards Tan-y- 

 bwlch. 



I fet out on this expedition, but left 

 the road, and went along a foot path to 

 the right, a few hundred yards before I 

 reached the bridge at Llanelltid. I wan- 

 dered about a quarter of a mile acrofs the 



meadows, 



