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formed, that the painter was a foreign 

 artift, who had been employed to take a 

 view of the waterfall, by one of the 

 Middletons. He had nearly finiihed 

 his piece when it was hinted to him, 

 that a few Jheep fcattered up and down, 

 would probably add to it's beauty ; but the 

 artift miftaking the hint, and being net- 

 tled that a perfon whom he judged ig- 

 norant of the art, fliould think of in- 

 ftrucling him, tartly replied, " You 

 " want fome-Jheeps in it ? Oh ! Oh ! Ill 

 " put you fome fteeps in it !" He then 

 darned out part of the piclure and intro- 

 duced the fea, and feveraljbeeps, ( Ships) 

 fome of which are ridiculoufly repre- 

 fented as coming quite up to the rocks. 

 The prefent caftle was built by Roger 

 Mortimer, fon of Roger, Baron of Wig- 

 more, on the fite of one of very ancient 

 ^_ date, called Caftell Crogen, near which, 

 in 1 16,5, was fought a dreadful battle be- 

 tween 



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