474- A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



*' the land of Judah, unto the utmoft fea. 

 " And the fouth, and the plain of the 

 " valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, 

 " unto Zoar." 



When I was juft on the point of fetting 

 off for Llanydloes, I was informed of a 

 very lofty cataract, about fix miles fouth of 

 the town, near a pool called Llyn Pen 

 Rhaiadr, the pool at the head of the cat ar aft. 

 But as the road lay quite over the moun- 

 tains, and I was anxious to reach Llanyd- 

 loes, I left it unfeen. 



Had I not, that I might fee the more of 

 North Wales, made a determinate refo- 

 lution not to enter the fouthern divilion of 

 the principality, I would have gone from 

 hence to Aberyftwyth, the conflux of the 

 Iftwitb,* diflant about nineteen miles. This 



* The fepulchre of Taliefiin, the Prince of the 

 Britifli bards, is fuppofed to have been near the /\ 

 highway, about four miles from Abervftwyth ; but 

 this, if fuch wus ever there, has been longdeftroyed. 



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