476 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



with a fhort defcription of the Devil's 

 bridge, and the deep glen where it is 

 fituated, extracted from an entertaining 

 journey through North Wales, by Mr. 

 Arthur Aiken,* as the only account I dared 

 to rely upon for accuracy. " After a long 

 " and rather tedious walk (from Aber- 

 *' yftwyth), we came Suddenly to a moft 

 " fingularly ftriking fpot. The valley of 

 " the Rhydol contracts into a deep glen, 

 <c the rocky banks of which are clothed 

 " with plantations, and at the bottom runs 

 " a rapid torrent. This leads foon to the 

 " fpot that we were in fearch of, which is 

 " full of horrid fublimity. It is formed 

 <{ by a deep dark chafm or cleft, between 

 " two rocks, which juft receives light 

 / / ** enough to difcover at the bottom, through 



* Journal of a Tour through North Wales and 

 part of Shropfhire, by Arthur Aikin, crown 8vo. 

 Lond. 1797. 



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