A88 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



the ground. The water fcarcely trickled 

 down it, and from the muddy hole at the 

 bottom into which it ran, feemed feldom 

 to come in any quantity. 



Returning to Newtown, I croffed the 

 river, and walked along its banks about 

 three miles and a half to Caftell Dolforwyn, 

 the caftle of the virgin's meadow. This 

 ftands on a lofty hill, on the north-weft 

 bank of the Severn, and commands the 

 whole of the furrounding country. From 

 it I had a moft lovely and extenfive pro- 

 fpect of the vale of Severn, through which 

 the river was feen to glide in elegant curves, 

 blackened by it's high and fhady banks. 

 The landfcape was enlivened with all the 

 luxuriance of woods and meadow ; whilft 

 the towns and villages around lent their 

 aid to decorate the fcene. 



The caftle has been a four-fided build- 

 ing, of no great ftrength, about fifty 

 yards long and twenty-five wide, and the 



exterior 



