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bury on the eafl ; and on the other fide, 

 of the more rough and uncultivated 

 country of Montgomery, in which I 

 either could, or fancied I could, juft dif- 

 cern the lofty Fifty 11 Rhaiadr, lighted 

 by the morning fun, and glittering like 

 a ftream of light down the black front of 

 it's rock. Below me was the Virnwy, 

 fweeping in elegant curves along the 

 meadows; and, towards the fouth of 

 the Breiddin Hills, I had a view in 

 Montgomeryshire of a feries of wooded 

 and pleafant little vales. 



By this hill runs the rampart made 

 by Offa, King of Mercia, to divide his 

 country from Wales, called Clawdd Of- 

 fa, or Offa's Dyke. This commences at 

 the river Wye, near Briftol, and extends 

 along Herefordlhire, Radnorfhire, part 

 of Shropfhire and Denbighfliire, and 

 ends near Treyddin Chapel in Flint- 

 fhire. This, at the time of it's forma- 



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