46* A TOUR ROUND N-OftTH WALES. 



I now crofTed this mountain rivulet, and 

 went along the fide of it for a little way, 

 entertained in many places by the little caf- 

 cades formed in it's defcent, amongft the 

 abrupt rocks which lay in it's courfe. 

 Leaving it, I after awhile came to a hol- 

 low, in wrjofe bottom are the difmal wa- 

 ters of Llyn y Cae, the inclojed pool>* from 

 the weft fide of which rifes an immenfe 

 black and precipitous rock, called Craig y 

 Cae, that cafts a gloomy fbade on every 

 thing below it. It's fullen and majeftic 

 front was only enlivened with patches of 



* Mr. Arthur Aikin, in his Tour through North 

 Wales, p. 62, fays, " fome travellers have men- 

 " tioned the finding of lava and other volcanic 

 " productions here; upon a ftridl examination, 

 " however, we were unable to difcover any thing 

 " of the kind, nor did the water of the lake appear 

 " to differ in any refpe^l from the pureft rock 

 *' water, though it was tried repeatedly with the 

 11 mod delicate tefts." 



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