A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 1$ 



thefe is called Moel y Golfa; the fe- 

 cond, Craig Breiddin; and the third, 

 Cefyn y Caftell. On one of them an 

 obelifk was erected a teW years ago, 

 from a fubfcription of feveral of the 



neighbouring gentlemen, in commemo- 

 ration of Lord Rodney's defeat of the 

 French fleet, under the command of 

 Count de Grafle. 



Juft before I came to Llanymynech, 

 I had to crofs the furious little river 

 Virnwy by a ferry. To this river, Mr. 

 Pennant * has given the title otpifcofus 

 amnls ; and that gentleman enumerates 

 no lefs than twenty fpecies of eatable 

 fifh which are taken in it. 



Llan y Mynech, the Village of Miners, 

 is a little white-wafhed village, ftand- 

 ing on the northern bank of the Virn- 

 wy. It received it's name, no doubt, 

 from the mines in which it's neighbour- 



* Tour io Wale?, II- 3^3. 



