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the long range of Ferwyn mountains, 

 * headed by Cader Ferwyn, were feen to 

 extend in rugged files. Towards the fouth 

 I had the county of Montgomery 5 and 

 y Plinlimmon, that celebrated mountain, was 

 very vifible. On the weft was the whole 

 curve of Cardigan Bay, from St. David's 

 quite round to Caernarvon mire. I had 

 fcarcely looked round, when the gathering 

 clouds fwept over me in deeper folds, and 

 all was again hidden from my light. 



Cader Idris has three high points, the 

 mofl lofty called Pen y Cader; the next 

 in height, Mynydd Moel ; and the third, 

 Craig y Cae. The afcent is much eafier 

 than up Snowdon ; and I am confident, 

 that from Edward Jones's houfe, I could 

 walk to the fummit in about two hours. 

 Of the height of the mountain, I was able 

 to learn nothing more than what Mr. Pen- 

 nant has given * us. He fays, that " Pen 



* Pennant's Tour in Wales, II. 99. 



H h 2 ' y Cader 



