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ale, we fet out upon our expedition at nine 

 o'clock. 



This mountain is called Cader Idris, 

 from the tradition of it's having been a 

 fortrefs belonging to Idris, who is fup- 

 pofed to have been a prince of thofe parts 

 in very antient times. There is alfo a 

 tradition that this Idris was a great poet, 

 aftronomer, and philofopher, and that the 

 fummit of Cader Idris was his favourite 

 feat and obfervatory, and from thence 

 called Cadalr Idris, the feat of Idris.* It 

 appears to me that from their antient date 

 and fmall authority, there may be juft as 

 much truth in the one as in the other of 

 thefe ftories, and fuch being the cafe, I 

 will leave it to deeper antiquaries to decide 

 upon their merits. 



* He is fometimes called Cawr Idris, or King 

 isj Cawr being an old Britifh word for king. X 



Since 



