42 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



The evening was calm, and the fmoke, 

 tinged by the fetting fun, defcended 

 upon the vale, whilft the diftant moun- 

 tains were brightened by his beams into 

 a fine purple. I contemplated thefe 

 beauties till the declining fun had funk 

 beneath the horizon, and twilight had 

 begun to fteal over the landfcape, to 

 blend into one, every different (hade of 

 reflection, and to cover the whole face 

 of nature with it's fober grey. I then 

 forced myfelf away, and purfued my 

 journey to Ruabon, my refidence for the 

 night. 



Ruabon is a village pleafantly ntuated 

 on a rifmg ground, and has around it 

 the refidences of feveral gentlemen of 

 fortune. At this place I fpent two or three 

 days very agreeably ; thefe I occupied 

 in making little excurfions to the neigh- 

 bouring places, and in admiring the en-* 

 tertaining fcenery around it, 



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